Regarding lever throw, the Litepros work well with these road calipers. In order to have solid contact at about 1/2 pull to the bar you just set the caliper up with the pads further from the rim. The bike came standard with Avid two-finger levers with a similar pull ratio.
The frame is chrome moly and yes, I removed the front deraileur and left side grip shift as it was broken. I have the original dual chainrings and will include them in the sale.
The bike weighs 22 lbs. I installed some litepro pedals that arrived yesterday. Pretty sweet for the money.
