I splurged on the new Levers with Gum hoods. I had to swallow a bit on the price, especially since you can get the older style Cane Creek version with gum hoods for a third the price. I have no regrets.
The levers come with a little insert that goes under the hood, depending on where on the bars you want them - and an instructional picture that was useless. It was a little awkward getting that on but after that the installation was a snap. The brake cable goes over the lever and you get a really good view of the hole you are trying to hit. That's important for my old eyes. The levers are very comfortable, perhaps a tad narrower than the ones they replaced but very pleasing to my hands, both sitting and standing. They pull a lot of cable, which makes set up with canti brakes very simple. They have a very light touch and a nice feature on the quick release. Instead of resetting the QR pin manually these automatically reset when you compress the lever. Again nice for us old guys who often say the Senility Prayer: God grant that I only forget the people I don't like, only bump into the ones I do, and the eye sight to tell them apart. Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
