duanelr Posted July 19, 2020 Share Hi all, I have an old Trek road bike with Tektro caliper style brakes. (google shows these are caliper style, not v-brake or cantilever style...???) I want to replace the drop bars with a flat / straight mtb handlebar. Question: Which brake levers can I use with these caliper style brakes? (I read somewhere about long pull and short pull but still not sure. ) Links to locally available brake levers would be awesome, even 2nd hand ones. tia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Ruinaard Posted July 20, 2020 Share Hi all, I have an old Trek road bike with Tektro caliper style brakes. (google shows these are caliper style, not v-brake or cantilever style...???) I want to replace the drop bars with a flat / straight mtb handlebar. Question: Which brake levers can I use with these caliper style brakes? (I read somewhere about long pull and short pull but still not sure. ) Links to locally available brake levers would be awesome, even 2nd hand onesYou can replace with any V Brake lever which was used on an MTB. I have some CX bike ones which i had extra but they aren't the right design. there are thousands out there as everyone rode with V Brakes for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAAD4 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Check out rookcycles.com. They are Cpt based. They have left and right options. duanelr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duanelr Posted July 20, 2020 Share You can replace with any V Brake lever which was used on an MTB. I have some CX bike ones which i had extra but they aren't the right design. there are thousands out there as everyone rode with V Brakes for years. Hi Paul, thanks for the answer. These are V - brakes , right? Read somewhere that some brake levers won't work on some brake designs. But okay cool, I'll get my hands on a pair of V-brake levers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Ruinaard Posted July 20, 2020 Share Hi Paul, thanks for the answer. These are V - brakes , right? Read somewhere that some brake levers won't work on some brake designs. But okay cool, I'll get my hands on a pair of V-brake levers. Yep those are V. THe other older version are cantilever but they are unusual these days -only on CX bikes You can do some googling but really what you are worried about is the cable take up rate or actuation. Older bikes were pretty much on a par. So your Shimano V Brake levers worked for road brakes. You also have single and double pull calipers but those ones are single pull. So a set of normal VBrake levers should work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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