Lightest Road Bike Brake Levers
Currently there is no good option to use any of the latter group of levers with trp spyre calipers but i make custom arms to allow use of those levers with hy rd calipers which i run on my hong fu fm079 f with full chorus mechanical group.
Lightest road bike brake levers. The campagnolo carbon ones if you can find a pair are probably the lightest at around 210g pair. If you want what appears to be the world s absolutely lightest bike read on. If you want the world s lightest production road bike click here. Constructed from a mix of titanium 7075 aluminium and carbon fibre the lekki8 brakes are claimed to be the lightest road caliper currently available.
But they are insanely expensive if you can find them. Price from to go go. Campagnolo sram and older shimano levers all pull even less cable but are the levers around which avid bb7 road calipers were designed. This is your complete guide to sram hydraulic disc brakes with lots information on everything from the two piston level brakes to the more powerful guide s to the burly four pot code rsc s and everything in between.
Non aero levers are much lighter. I run aero brake levers too. Trek émonda slr 9 etap project one 9 057. I searched long and hard and couldn t find anything better.
The specialized s works tarmac sl6 that we reviewed here on road cc weighed in at just 6 35kg 14lb well below the uci s minimum weight limit for racing of 6 8kg 14 99lb and that got us thinking about the other super lightweight road bikes out there. Please enter a to amount greater than the from amount. From aero bar end levers for your tt triathlon bike to v brakes and drop bar tops dual control levers for cyclocross or fixed gear bikes there is truly a brake lever for every cycling application. Hiding somewhere in the back of interbike s halls was this 6lb road bike.
Campagnolo 1 cane creek 1 shimano 11 sram 4 tektro 7 trp 2 see less see more. Despite this they provide sufficient. The bad news is time conspired against us in actually getting to see it and put it. The lightest road bike ever built is a custom made concoction that was originally the creation of one person gunter mai.
Whether you are looking for an upgrade or want to check out a new bike s component specification prior to purchase this is the place to find out about brake. Please enter a from amount or a to amount. The oclv carbon frame has a road smoothing isospeed decoupler to smooth out rough roads a carbon fork a shimano tiagra 2 10 drivetrain and hydraulic disc brakes make it perfect for everything from solo workouts to speedy group rides. Alongside high performance lightweight levers and dependable workhorse classics for road and touring bikes we also stock brake levers for specific purposes.
Fx sport 5 is a carbon fiber framed hybrid bike for riders who want the speed of a road bike with the comfort and control of standard flat handlebars.