Canti compatable drop bar brake levers ?
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I've been westling with this one too for a townbike build. As far as I've been able to work out, normal road levers should be fine with cantis. It's v brakes that need extra pull.
That said, I think some cantis work better with road levers than others: the wide profile cantis like tektro CR720s or the old mafac ones seem recommended. I'm going to give it a go with some ancient shimano ones that are pretty wide.
That said, I think some cantis work better with road levers than others: the wide profile cantis like tektro CR720s or the old mafac ones seem recommended. I'm going to give it a go with some ancient shimano ones that are pretty wide.
I've got two cyclocross bikes, one with campagnolo mirage ergos and shimano cantilevers, and another with sora levers and weinmann cantilevers and both work fine (after a bit of effort to get the cantis set up right). There's usually no problem using any road levers with cantilevers - it's only v-brakes that don't work.
I did find setting the levers higher up the bars than normal helpful. It looks a bit ugly but I find you get more leverage that way.
Hope that's useful,
Johnny
I did find setting the levers higher up the bars than normal helpful. It looks a bit ugly but I find you get more leverage that way.
Hope that's useful,
Johnny
Wide profile cantis are fine iwth road levers. The problme comes with the later low profile ones, which need a bit more cable pull.
DiaCompe did a special lever (287) for road bikes which is much better and pulls the extra cable. I've got a set of an old tandem of mine you can have for £10.
They also made a V brake version called 287V.
DiaCompe did a special lever (287) for road bikes which is much better and pulls the extra cable. I've got a set of an old tandem of mine you can have for £10.
They also made a V brake version called 287V.
Thanks guys
Thanks very much guys.
It was pretty much what I thought. It was just one of those moments where I new/assumed they would work but then thought ' where did I learn that' 'am I just remembering nonsense?' type thing. :roll:
Glad to hear my brain does contain some useful information even if I cant always trust it
Hamster, are the ones off your tandem, tandem specific with the twin cable pull?
Its just I have a spare set of 105 with black hoods and thought I would use them with some newer Altus ct91 canti's or maybe some Tektro Oryx, though the CR720's doctor bond mentioned look fine.
Thanks again
Jamie
Thanks very much guys.
It was pretty much what I thought. It was just one of those moments where I new/assumed they would work but then thought ' where did I learn that' 'am I just remembering nonsense?' type thing. :roll:
Glad to hear my brain does contain some useful information even if I cant always trust it
Hamster, are the ones off your tandem, tandem specific with the twin cable pull?
Its just I have a spare set of 105 with black hoods and thought I would use them with some newer Altus ct91 canti's or maybe some Tektro Oryx, though the CR720's doctor bond mentioned look fine.
Thanks again
Jamie
I have found that a selection of my old, visible cables, type brake levers are more efficient that than my modern levers when run with cantis. I guess its because the cable under tape type came in about the time of dual pivot brakes which do feel very different. I have some old Campag calipers with more modern levers and they are not as effective as a matching pair with much older levers.
Obviously something to do with leverage and pull and thus maybe why the old levers seem better with cantis.
The old levers do seem acceptable with V brakes as well. Note acceptable not brilliant but better than modern non V levers
Obviously something to do with leverage and pull and thus maybe why the old levers seem better with cantis.
The old levers do seem acceptable with V brakes as well. Note acceptable not brilliant but better than modern non V levers
