Re: [CR] Why Univ levers with Mafac CPs

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Falck)

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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:36:46 -0800
From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
To: LTravers <lat7575@swbell.net>
Cc: bobangle@cableone.net, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Why Univ levers with Mafac CPs


On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 5:26 PM, LTravers <lat7575@swbell.net> wrote:
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> I would think it would allow the brakes to be more easily modulated.
>  Universal levers were notorious for poor leverage.  It would seem to follow
> that it would mean less movement at the pad over a given pull vs. another
> lever.

Actually the opposite, less leverage means more pad travel for a given length of pull. High leverage ratio levers/brakes barely move the pads when pulled so you have to set them up very close to the rim and wheel trueness becomes a real issue.

Kurt Sperry
Bellingham, Washington
USA