Specialized Langster

peanut1978
peanut1978 Posts: 1,031
edited November 2010 in Road beginners
Thinking about removing my traditional brakes and putting two bmx style brackes either side of the stem.
Anyone else done this or are there better solutions.

Currently riding fixed.

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  • hounslow
    hounslow Posts: 153
    you mean the levers, not the brakes? yes you can do this, lots of hipsters do.
  • the_prophet
    the_prophet Posts: 426
    you changing / changed the bars aswell? dont really see a benefit otherwise. spend most of my time on the hoods / drops on mine so levers are in a good position.

    if its just for looks, then won't be a problem to do, will just need to re wrap bars, replace levers cut down outers etc.
    my canyon slx

    http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy19 ... AG0298.jpg
  • peanut1978
    peanut1978 Posts: 1,031
    was thinking of putting track bars on too.
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Check bar / brake clamp diameters - road bars are 22mm diameter whereas most MTB/BMX levers are 19.8mm so they won't fit without modification. Best solution is a pair of cyclo-cross secondary levers or a pair of Dirty Harry levers or similar
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..

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