Originally Posted by
Salamandrine
Sorry to bring this up
again, but I wonder if the OP is trying to stop from the hoods? You could kinda do it with MAFAC levers. Weinmann levers were smaller, and this really won't work at all.
That's interesting. I do like to brake from the hoods, even when I'm using brake systems that weren't designed for it. I've got short fingers and sometimes have a hard time reaching the lever from the drops. Using Weinmann levers with Weinmann centerpulls and old pads on my Raleigh, I found this to be less than satisfactory. When I replaced the brakes with dual pivot Tektros, it went much better. I'm probably still going to switch to modern Tektro-clone levers for comfort.