Only ever used what came on my bikes - Brembo's on my Ducati's - here's the full range of adjustments on one of them - there will be many better value that other people have tried and can recommend.
surely if you have long levers but lil hands so have to dial the span back, the leverage would be the same as a shortie? hmmm... i have man's hands so it aint a prob! i have v-trec levers on my 748 and love em.. they are adjustable in both length and span.. quality stuff from a german company (although probably made in china!!!!) not cheap though. edit, ok perhaps not the leverage but the range of movement would be crap...
seriously, look at the v-trec . they look great and are well made.. the bonus being the adjustable length, if you dont like em short, youve not wasted ya money... the other bonus is they are not pazzos, which every man and his dog has!
cock... . more the point i was trying to make was, if you ave long levers but small hands and you have to adjusts the span back, you might run out of travel before getting full brakes.. probably not a problem on modern bikes at all? i dont know... certainly on my ss it would be... hence me talking about the range of movement being crap... if that were the case youd be better leaving the lever further out span wise and gripping it further towards the pivot point. harder work.. or going for a shorties (equally hard)if you like the look...
I thought you were wanting the science - soz dude someone will be along soon to say it's not true anyway I guess
Here I am..... whilst I understand the mechanical advantage of using longer levers, surely the position of your fingers along the length of the lever is more important? if you are 1 or 2 finger braking would you get the mechanical advantage as the position is unlikely to be any different? I’m thinking having a bigger target area if you need to grab a fist full for something unexpected is where the longer levers come into play?
