Road Bike Brake Levers Small Hands
The new shimano r7000 offers two options r7025 and r7000 in the brake levers the first one is for small hands.
Road bike brake levers small hands. Here s our guide to adjusting them and working this in to your bike fit. What is considered. I have small hands and have been using campagnolo veloce. Called the r8025 the new levers bring ultegra r8000 in line with 105 r7000 which.
With some levers there are adjustment mechanisms built in just double check that there s nothing like this on your bike. It is hard to choose if you have to buy online and you don t have previous experiences with road brake levers. Batman oct 29 18 at 23 09. Some manufacturers have ergo levers that are supposedly downsized for small hands but when one is trying to design a bike for a rider with truly small hands these are still a reach no pun intended.
Shimano has announced a new version of its existing ultegra r8020 hydraulic levers for riders with smaller hands. Most brake levers sram shimano and campagnolo are now adjustable. Shimano and other companies make women s specific shifter brake levers that are designed for small hands. Flick the lever up to take the brakes off.
Women with small hands struggle most often with this problem because most bikes come set up for riders with larger hands. Shims are available to buy but you need the right shape and size for your shifters and they can be a bit tricky to find your best bet is to ask a local bike shop if they have any or if they can order some in. A few zip ties and a bit of time is all that is needed. Some drop levers have a little pin you can press left or right to change the reach but quite often men will have this on the shortest option so it may not be helpful for those with extra small palms.
A simple way to allow small hands to use road bike brake levers. Has anyone with similar issues tried an ultgra di2 disc setup. I d like to switch to disc brakes and electronic shifting. The bike s brake and shift levers stick out too far from the bar making.
In the case of older shimano shifters you will use a small rubber shim to adjust the reach.