Mountain Bike Brake Levers On Drop Bars
How to install and position brake levers on bikes with drop handlebars.
Mountain bike brake levers on drop bars. So do the ones made by sram. There are a lot of road bars which you can move around drops which can be reversed as shown in the picture and i have seen conventional brake levers mounted in the usual direction with respect to the bar or bullhorn bars which can be made by cutting drop bars if you re so inclined butterfly bars. Make offer vintage shimano slr bl mt63 mountain bike brake levers made in japan bl at50 shimano mountain bike brake lever mtb vintage retro rare moto used 22 2 39 00. Most road bars however have a diameter of 23 8mm and require levers designed for drop handlebars in order to fit.
Lever of riders left is too far inward. These cannot be widened enough to fit onto the larger road diameter bars. All of shimano s current alivio acera stx deore lx xt and xtr mountain bike shifters and brakes use aluminum housings and handlebar clamps. Traditional mountain bike flat bars have a diameter of 22 2mm 7 8 and as such all brake levers designed for use with such bars have a corresponding clamp size.
The lever should be parallel to each other and to the center plane of the bike. I show how to install dropbar handlebars and integrated brake shifter levers brifters on a mountain bike with 26 wheels to build a touring monster cross gravel bike. Posted 1 year ago philjunior. By dropping the narrow drop bars not only will you have more control over your bike but you ll also find you can ride even more confidently on any road or trail.
Sight over the bars and look at the rotation of the two brake levers. Therefore your existing mountain bike shifters and brake levers won t fit on drop handlebars. The brake levers are just better.