First time with a drop bar. Never seen this before Actually looks silly to me. Was this factory? Can I get rid of the one on the handle bar and keep the drop bar one? Any reason to keep it? Just bought this bike. Unless this is normal. It's a Motobecane Fantom Cross Pro.
by Showtyme4000
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Cyclocross setup
These are called “interruptor levers.” They offer another place to brake from, which may be useful if riding in a more upright position. I guess you can get rid of them, sure, but you’ll have to remove your existing bar tape and brifters as well as run new brake housing/cable.
old school Roubaix setup, lovely to see
Not silly at all, especially if they save your life. Going from uprights to the drops to brake can take time. Time you might not have in an emergency.
For 2 different positions. Sitting up and bent over
My old school roadie friend calls them Chicken levers.
Runkel Levers AKA Interruptor levers. Don Runkel was first in CX to use them. Allows you to brake from the tops. I commuted on a CX bike with them because they keep your head high in traffic
I want a set of those out on my aero bars!
As others have mentioned, interrupter levers.
TBH I’d ditch them and just ride 100% hoods + drops. Better control and more aero. The tops are for touring bikes IMHO.
Hmm I will think about, most likely will keep them now. Thank you everybody.
One of them is rim brakes one is disc brakes, made by a Fred on the xbicing sub who can’t decide which he wants
That is an absolutely beautiful bike (I’d love to see more pictures) and those are awesome. It’s a fair bit of work to remove them, and please make sure you can source the white cable housing and bar tape if you want to… but I would keep them. It adds to the character *and* they’re practical.