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cheap.. drop bar brakes?

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So, my Saracen Levarg flat bar isn't selling..
toying with the idea of single speed drop bar...
it has tektro (mineral oil) flat mount brakes already.. i figured some cheap shimano levers would sort it out... no such thing as cheap (£200 for tiagra or 105 on ebay)
any other mineral oil levers available cheap? if not.. recommendations on a budget cable set?


 
Posted : 02/08/2022 4:40 pm
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TRP Hylex are less expensive than most if that helps, no shifters so ideal for SS.
Had mine 18months and love them


 
Posted : 02/08/2022 4:42 pm
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be much cheaper to get new brake levers for cable brakes and new calipers I bet. Even cheaper if you can find in Ebay. TRP Spyre, Avid BB7 are the normal cable disk recommendations


 
Posted : 02/08/2022 4:48 pm
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Surly corner bar instead?


 
Posted : 02/08/2022 4:49 pm
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hylex don't appear to be on the cheap side either
looks like a full mechanical setup is the cheapest way forwards


 
Posted : 02/08/2022 5:12 pm
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@alan1977 you have a PM, sir


 
Posted : 02/08/2022 10:42 pm
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Or buy a giant conduct master cylinder from eBay and connect it up to your current calipers and some mechanical shifters.

The giant system uses tektro calipers normally anyway. I did this but used Shimano calipers.


 
Posted : 02/08/2022 11:08 pm

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