Cracking anxiety fuel for those of us who sometimes like to jump to the drops with both hands at once
i meant merely as a weight saving measure for pure hill climbing as most folk dont tend to ride on the drops for that , unless your Pantani
There’s nothing casual about racing a hill climb!Indeed, although it would always weigh on my mind that one day I'd just casually, reflexedly drop from the tops onto.... absolutely nothing
Possibly... I'm a bit reluctant to do this because of the weird feel and look of having different brakes. This suggests that the SRAM Red LH shifter is only around half of 280g (maybe less - I'd assume that the RH lever has more gubbins inside?). I'd be doing well to get a standalone brake lever for less than 140g. I've only got one mid-90s lever knocking about in my shed - it looks terrible but weighs 155g - and I don't have my own pillar drill to do the drillium thing. I don't really want to 'gut' the existing lever in case I ever want to change back or sell the bike. I could buy a LH Rival lever for £50 - maybe less on eBay - which is quite steep to save 10g!
