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Road brake calipers with mtb levers


Chris NewbyFraser

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I am thinking of converting my road bike to flat bars and mtb brake levers. Will  Deore levers work OK with the pull required for the 105 road brake calipers? I recall that road levers need a thingamajig wheel/pulley whatsit to apply sufficient pull to mtb calipers, but the other way around? Can it work?

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Yes, I have 2 bikes running like that.

 

One is Deore levers / 105 calipers, the other is Deore levers / Ultegra calipers.

 

Zero problems. No thingamajigs or pulleys necessary.

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I am thinking of converting my road bike to flat bars and mtb brake levers. Will  Deore levers work OK with the pull required for the 105 road brake calipers? I recall that road levers need a thingamajig wheel/pulley whatsit to apply sufficient pull to mtb calipers, but the other way around? Can it work?

Works perfectly -built a hybrid like that few years ago

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