I'm going to put some bull bars on my commuter bike, which is an old Raleigh mountain bike frame with its original cantilever brakes on it. I had assumed that it would be a relativey easy job to procure some bars (or cut up some old drops) and get a pair of TT style brake levers and just cable them up to the cantilever system.
Is this assumption correct or do I have to look at special 'cantilever' brake levers? Doubt has crept in after reading the descriptions on different products - some seem to specifically state they can be used with cantilever brakes - like these:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=35542
Whereas others don't mention it, like these:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=27938
But surely a lever is a lever and if it pulls the cable up it'll work...right?
Is this assumption correct or do I have to look at special 'cantilever' brake levers? Doubt has crept in after reading the descriptions on different products - some seem to specifically state they can be used with cantilever brakes - like these:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=35542
Whereas others don't mention it, like these:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=27938
But surely a lever is a lever and if it pulls the cable up it'll work...right?
