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  • "Road" brake levers and vee-brakes
  • Ifrider
    Free Member

    Thinking about converting my flat-bar hybrid (with vees) to full road drop bars and sti levers… How will the vee’s work with the levers ?? Do I need “travel-agents” or anything like that as I believe the leverage changes ?? Thanks

    thisisnotaspoon
    Free Member

    They work, but it feels a bit odd, using travel agents makes them feel more like proper road brakes (just more powerful).

    Just remember that unless it’s already quite short in the top tube you’ll want a shorter stem otherwise the drops will seem a very long way away.

    jameso
    Full Member

    85mm arm mini-v’s work fine with road levers.

    Ifrider
    Free Member

    Cheers guys

    orangeboy
    Free Member

    My comuter uses old xt v brakes with tiagra sti
    There is a lot of lever travel but also lots of power
    Its been like it for 4 years and never found the need to fit the cable pull adjuster things

    smiffy
    Full Member

    I have MTB Vees with STIs, the lever feels a bit baggy but you have a higher mechanical advantage due to the longer arms.

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