drop bar brake levers for trp discs? sorry if i have asked before.

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ton
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drop bar brake levers for trp discs? sorry if i have asked before.

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pretty sure i have asked this before.

sorry, anyone know?
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https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/brake-lever ... ers-black/

These ones Ton? They're for V-brake / MTB disc pull rather than canti/road caliper/road disc cable pull.
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cheers james. :-bd
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I use the TRP ones on two bikes and they're great.

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mob ... prod150547
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gairym wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2020 6:07 pm I use the TRP ones on two bikes and they're great.

https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mob ... prod150547
I have some of these for cable operated trps
Found them super cheap on amazon
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Oh, are these not cable operated?

Doesn't say actually does it?

And yeah, possible to find cheaper elsewhere (CRC was cheapest I could find a few months ago)
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Uh oh brain fail, sorry.. Ton do you have Spyres? Then you need normal road pull drop bar levers. Not the MTB ones I linked to.
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Got a pair of them you can have the a tenner posted if you want? Mtb pull so good for TRP Spyke not Spyres.
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Specialist Hoprocker wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:45 pm
Got a pair of them you can have the a tenner posted if you want? Mtb pull so good for TRP Spyke not Spyres.
I'll have them if ton doesn't.
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Road pull for TRP discs and make sure you have non-compressible cable outers.

I have to say even with above and uber pads, they still don't perform as well as BB7 mountains with V compatible drop bar levers. There seems to be something relating to the lever ratio that makes the brake very spongy - I suspect the lever arm on the caliper is a little too long (its the same with BB7 roads as well).....
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You're not the only person to feel this way so some guy in the US has created shorter arms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoNIqoguOKs
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Hmm, interesting, might see if I can knock my own up
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