Old Road Bike Brake Levers
Many of these bikes are of very high quality but are going unused either because of older technology in the gearing or because their racing style riding position no longer suits the needs of their aging owners.
Old road bike brake levers. Use code free excludes bikes frames wheels mtb forks. As a quick rule a good starting position for most roadies is to point the ends of the drops at where the rear brake attaches to the frame. Now the road brake and shift levers are integrated into the same levers so you can shift and brake without moving your hands. These were the perfect thing for my old fixer upper road bike.
Remove the old brake levers. In this video i remove the old non aero brake levers and install a pair of dia compe blaze aero brake levers the aero brake levers had originally been on my trek 1000 before i upgraded that bike. What a world of difference. I show and explain the whole conversion process as i upgrade an early 90 s trek road bike from downtube shifters and install shimano sti shifters brifters or integrated brake shifters.
Free shipping over 124 99 in u s. Easy to install too. These instructions will explain how to replace the brake levers on a road bike. Make offer tektro rl721 road bike cyclocross top bar brake lever set right left pair vintage old school weinimann brake lever set for schwinn racing bike 49 00.
Road bikes have evolved tremendously since they were first conceived and road brake and shift levers have come a long way from friction shifters and true 10 speed drivetrains 2x5. Great brake control and ultra nice feel while riding. So we ll assume that s the case. Pull the brake lever all the way in to expose the inside of the brake lever assembly.
Loosen the bolt holding the brake lever on. The cellars and garages of america hold hundreds of thousands of fine road style bikes from the 1970s and 80s. Many of these bikes are too good to throw away but nobody wants to.