Recently decided to change from drop bars to North Road style bars on one of my bikes. The previous levers were non-aero style for drops. Dia-Compe brand I believe. Brakes themselves are also Dia compe caliper.Swapped out the bars and put on some levers that I had which had been on a mountainbike that was running old canti brakes. The performance improvement going from the drop levers to the upright bar levers was like going from weak drum brakes on a car to power 4 wheel disc. In other words a very big improvement. I have never been really happy with the performance of drop bar levers/brakes with the exception of those on one bike with canti's. Braking from the hooks on this bike is very good.
I use lined housing, Kool Stops, set up without excessive housing loops ect.
My question is why the difference? It would seem levers designed to operate with drops should work as well as lever designed to work with upright bars.
Recently decided to change from drop bars to North Road style bars on one of my bikes. The previous levers were non-aero style for drops. Dia-Compe brand I believe. Brakes themselves are also Dia compe caliper.Swapped out the bars and put on some levers that I had which had been on a mountainbike that was running old canti brakes. The performance improvement going from the drop levers to the upright bar levers was like going from weak drum brakes on a car to power 4 wheel disc. In other words a very big improvement. I have never been really happy with the performance of drop bar levers/brakes with the exception of those on one bike with canti's. Braking from the hooks on this bike is very good.
I use lined housing, Kool Stops, set up without excessive housing loops ect.
My question is why the difference? It would seem levers designed to operate with drops should work as well as lever designed to work with upright bars.
More leverage, more cable pull means more powerful braking.
Recently decided to change from drop bars to North Road style bars on one of my bikes. The previous levers were non-aero style for drops. Dia-Compe brand I believe. Brakes themselves are also Dia compe caliper.Swapped out the bars and put on some levers that I had which had been on a mountainbike that was running old canti brakes. The performance improvement going from the drop levers to the upright bar levers was like going from weak drum brakes on a car to power 4 wheel disc. In other words a very big improvement. I have never been really happy with the performance of drop bar levers/brakes with the exception of those on one bike with canti's. Braking from the hooks on this bike is very good.
I use lined housing, Kool Stops, set up without excessive housing loops ect.
My question is why the difference? It would seem levers designed to operate with drops should work as well as lever designed to work with upright bars.
More leverage, more cable pull means more powerful braking.
Your statement is contradictory, and there isn't any more cable pull.
Recently decided to change from drop bars to North Road style bars on one of my bikes. The previous levers were non-aero style for drops. Dia-Compe brand I believe. Brakes themselves are also Dia compe caliper.Swapped out the bars and put on some levers that I had which had been on a mountainbike that was running old canti brakes. The performance improvement going from the drop levers to the upright bar levers was like going from weak drum brakes on a car to power 4 wheel disc. In other words a very big improvement. I have never been really happy with the performance of drop bar levers/brakes with the exception of those on one bike with canti's. Braking from the hooks on this bike is very good.
I use lined housing, Kool Stops, set up without excessive housing loops ect.
My question is why the difference? It would seem levers designed to operate with drops should work as well as lever designed to work with upright bars.
More leverage, more cable pull means more powerful braking.
Your statement is contradictory, and there isn't any more cable pull.
-- Phil, Squid-in-Training
Thanks doctor....the MTB lever pulls more cable and the things have more leverage, probably why they are more powerful.
Robert wrote: > Recently decided to change from drop bars to North Road style bars > on one of my bikes. > The previous levers were non-aero style for drops. Dia-Compe brand > I believe. Brakes themselves are also Dia compe caliper.Swapped > out the bars and put on some levers that I had which had been on a > mountainbike that was running old canti brakes. The performance > improvement going from the drop levers to the upright bar levers > was like going from weak drum brakes on a car to power 4 wheel > disc. In other words a very big improvement. I have never been > really happy with the performance of drop bar levers/brakes with > the exception of those on one bike with canti's. Braking from the > hooks on this bike is very good. > > I use lined housing, Kool Stops, set up without excessive housing > loops ect. > > My question is why the difference? It would seem levers designed to > operate with drops should work as well as lever designed to work > with upright bars.
More leverage, more cable pull means more powerful braking.
Your statement is contradictory, and there isn't any more cable pull.
-- Phil, Squid-in-Training
Thanks doctor....the MTB lever pulls more cable and the things have more leverage, probably why they are more powerful.
OP said canti brake levers. -- Phil, Squid-in-Training
the MTB lever pulls more cable and the things have more leverage...
The lever pulls more cable *and* it has more leverage? How is that possible?
I think he meant that the finger position on the MTB levers allows more leverage on the brake lever than on the aero levers, i.e. the fingers are farther from the pivot point during normal use (on the hoods).
the MTB lever pulls more cable and the things have more leverage...
The lever pulls more cable *and* it has more leverage? How is that possible?
I think he meant that the finger position on the MTB levers allows more leverage on the brake lever than on the aero levers, i.e. the fingers are farther from the pivot point during normal use (on the hoods).
-- Phil, Squid-in-Training
I guess that's what I meant. I have used MTB levers with road calipers and it indeed makes for strong braking.
