The only brake levers I was able to find at my local shops that fit my handlebar diameter were the Tektro RL720s. I also couldn’t find any cable with a different head.
Is this setup with the top of the cable sticking out like that safe? I’m not 100% sure these brake levers were designed to be used this way as a primary brake (see instruction manual).
Just wanted to get this community’s opinion before I put this thing back on the road! Thank you!
by antzypanzy17
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No you will be fine
Does it engage the brake caliper effectively?
I personally would have routed the housing on the other side, but the only issues with this setup, really, are that it’s not pretty. It ought to work fine.
Your shops didn’t have a road bike brake cable? That’s pretty wild. In general I imagine this will function okay.
The cable is meant to be fed through from the other side. (Yes, the housing will move when you brake, but that’s how these levers work.)
In theory the way you’ve set this up will work fine, but you risk damaging the brake housing where you grip it. Redo the cable and housing the other way – it will look better and keep the housing out of the way of your hands.
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It’s fine. There may be a more elegant way to do it – like with a road brake cable end and some type of ferrule maybe, and that may wind up damaging the barrel adjuster and make it hard to use as intended in the future.
but as others said, you can swap it so the cable housing comes out of the barrel adjuster rather than the fixed side of the lever.