Comments on: Review: Twenty6 Products Levers http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/05/20/review-twenty6-products-levers/ Dirt is good. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:11:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jeremy http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/05/20/review-twenty6-products-levers/#comment-25572 Jeremy Wed, 21 May 2008 03:19:56 +0000 http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/?p=1408#comment-25572 GR: You're right. Trimming off the end would lose leverage, but I don't believe you would in real world applications because when using two fingers your fingers sit closer to the 1st hook then the 2nd leaving a bit of 2nd hook out there unused. Since you're not at the end of the 2nd hook then you're really not losing any leverage and can afford to trim off a little. If you're losing enough leverage to make your hands tired while braking, then you need to readjust your brakes, get bigger rotors or buy brakes with more pistons. Aaron: you lost me at "Actual" ;) "matter beyond aesthetics"... other than the curve and stiffness of the lever, the dualie levers are ALL about aesthetics! Lynch: haha. You're right. These levers look sick, perform better than stock and hold up VERY well after eating it. Best of all, you can color match them to your pocket protector. Go get 'em! GR: You’re right. Trimming off the end would lose leverage, but I don’t believe you would in real world applications because when using two fingers your fingers sit closer to the 1st hook then the 2nd leaving a bit of 2nd hook out there unused. Since you’re not at the end of the 2nd hook then you’re really not losing any leverage and can afford to trim off a little.

If you’re losing enough leverage to make your hands tired while braking, then you need to readjust your brakes, get bigger rotors or buy brakes with more pistons.

Aaron: you lost me at “Actual” ;)
“matter beyond aesthetics”… other than the curve and stiffness of the lever, the dualie levers are ALL about aesthetics!

Lynch: haha. You’re right. These levers look sick, perform better than stock and hold up VERY well after eating it. Best of all, you can color match them to your pocket protector. Go get ‘em!

]]> By: Lynchmob http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/05/20/review-twenty6-products-levers/#comment-25571 Lynchmob Wed, 21 May 2008 02:48:41 +0000 http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/?p=1408#comment-25571 You guys took this review straight to Nerdsville with your physics and mechanical advantage analogies. You guys took this review straight to Nerdsville with your physics and mechanical advantage analogies.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/05/20/review-twenty6-products-levers/#comment-25570 Aaron Wed, 21 May 2008 00:59:10 +0000 http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/?p=1408#comment-25570 Actual mechanical advantage is only really gained at to where the force is applied. Though if he were to move the mounting of the brake closer to the grip and shorten the lever he would be back to stock n two shakes of a lambs tail. From what J says, I would recommend him to keep the brake mount further away from the grip and lose the "knob" between the two finger grasp for closer grasp if needed and therefore shortening the lever from its' current length by about a cm or two. (not that it would really matter beyond aesthetics because it looks pretty dope and dirt-bikey to me.) Actual mechanical advantage is only really gained at to where the force is applied.
Though if he were to move the mounting of the brake closer to the grip and shorten the lever he would be back to stock n two shakes of a lambs tail.
From what J says, I would recommend him to keep the brake mount further away from the grip and lose the “knob” between the two finger grasp for closer grasp if needed and therefore shortening the lever from its’ current length by about a cm or two. (not that it would really matter beyond aesthetics because it looks pretty dope and dirt-bikey to me.)

]]> By: Ghost Rider http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/05/20/review-twenty6-products-levers/#comment-25569 Ghost Rider Wed, 21 May 2008 00:34:02 +0000 http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/?p=1408#comment-25569 Jeremy, it is simple physics...shortening a lever will ALWAYS affect the leverage if the pivot point remains a constant. Shorter lever = reduced leverage. Jeremy, it is simple physics…shortening a lever will ALWAYS affect the leverage if the pivot point remains a constant. Shorter lever = reduced leverage.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/05/20/review-twenty6-products-levers/#comment-25568 Jeremy Tue, 20 May 2008 22:40:08 +0000 http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/?p=1408#comment-25568 Good question. No. Since I use one finger to brake I do not need the extra bit of lever (although it's nice if I ever go two finger). If I used two fingers for braking my two fingers are not spread out wide when squeezing the lever. They are tight together leaving extra lever that can be taken off and reshapen. Also, because of the location of the mounting holes which are different from the location on the stock levers, you can get a lot of braking power without squeezing so hard. Good question. No. Since I use one finger to brake I do not need the extra bit of lever (although it’s nice if I ever go two finger). If I used two fingers for braking my two fingers are not spread out wide when squeezing the lever. They are tight together leaving extra lever that can be taken off and reshapen.

Also, because of the location of the mounting holes which are different from the location on the stock levers, you can get a lot of braking power without squeezing so hard.

]]> By: RL Policar http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2008/05/20/review-twenty6-products-levers/#comment-25567 RL Policar Tue, 20 May 2008 22:21:07 +0000 http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/?p=1408#comment-25567 I'm curious to know if you shorten the lever, wouldn't that affect the leverage and feel you get from it? I’m curious to know if you shorten the lever, wouldn’t that affect the leverage and feel you get from it?

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