Erik Long
The road version that's made for shorter pull levers would be best for your
sti levers. The Avid mechanical disc brakes that you have - for
mountainbikes - must be used with long-pull v-type brake levers in order to
work the way you want them to. Even worse, the short cable travel of your
typical road lever would likely cause your brakes to feel really squishy
and/or drag a bunch.
However, if you're going with bar-end shifters, Tektro makes a very
effective road lever for long-pull bakes. Any bike shop can get them, if
they're willing to look, and they only cost around $40 last time I looked.
-Erik
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Martin Baker"
To: "'Erik Voldengen'" ,
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Can I use road brake levers with Avid
MechDiscBrakes?
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:14:12 -0700
Avid makes two versions of their mechanical disc. The road version is
designed to work with the shorter cable pull of road levers.
_____
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Erik Voldengen
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 8:47 AM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Can I use road brake levers with Avid Mech
DiscBrakes?
Yeah, but don't the mechanical (uses a cable) Avid disc brakes take about
the same amount of cable pull as a road lever?
I think Cannondale uses them on their Tandem - STI and Avid mech. disc
brake.
-Erik
On 9/13/07, gschreckchat@comcast.net > wrote:
If you want to use road levers on a v-brake or linear pull brake you need a
travel agent on each one as road levers do not have enough cable pull. The
travel agents increase the cable pull by using a cam. The cost is not much
and they are relatively easy to install.
--
George Schreck
gschreckchat@comcast.net
(503) 502-0425
-------------- Original message --------------
From: Will Cortez < will_cortez_23@hotmail.com
>
> Anyone out there know if there is a difference between the Avid Mechs for
road
> bikes and mtn bikes? Can I use road brake levers on my mtb to make a
poor-man's
> cross bike basically?
>
> Also, is there a way you can get V-brakes to work with road brake levers?
>
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