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Sora aero levers
jbeattie wrote:
:On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 5:39:37 PM UTC-8, Doug Landau wrote: : On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 5:04:35 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote: : On 1/9/2016 3:00 PM, Doug Landau wrote: : On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 8:19:03 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote: : On 1/8/2016 4:24 PM, Doug Landau wrote: : : Sheldon said that Sora were the best aero levers ever made, but I can't find the post and don't remember why he thought that was the case. : : Anybody have any? : : One member of my extended family has them. I've ridden his bike. They : work fine, but his bike is low-mileage, if you get my drift. : : : -- : - Frank Krygowski : : Are they aero levers that are shaped like brifters? : : They are brifters with the tiny thumb button protruding from the side, : instead of the extra lever in line with the brake lever. I don't know if : you'd call them "aero," since the cable comes out horizontally toward : the center of the bike. : : I'm working by memory here. I should be visiting in a few days, and I : can try to remember to take a look. It's on a lower end Cannondale : from, oh, maybe 2005 or so. : : -- : - Frank Krygowski : : Not talking about brifters. Talking about aero levers. :I haven't looked, but IFAIK, Sora road levers were always brifters. Straight aero levers -- you need something like these: http://www.amazon.com/Shimano-BL-R40.../dp/B000F5LLWG. I think they made non-sti sora stuff, for a few years in the early part of the milenium, when it was still possible to sell a road bike without sti. Mr Muzi proabably knows for sure. I also have an inkling that Sora was originally called RSX, and I'm more confident there were non-sti rsx bikes. -- sig 123 |
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On 1/10/2016 8:59 AM, David Scheidt wrote:
jbeattie wrote: :On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 5:39:37 PM UTC-8, Doug Landau wrote: : On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 5:04:35 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote: : On 1/9/2016 3:00 PM, Doug Landau wrote: : On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 8:19:03 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote: : On 1/8/2016 4:24 PM, Doug Landau wrote: : : Sheldon said that Sora were the best aero levers ever made, but I can't find the post and don't remember why he thought that was the case. : : Anybody have any? : : One member of my extended family has them. I've ridden his bike. They : work fine, but his bike is low-mileage, if you get my drift. : : : -- : - Frank Krygowski : : Are they aero levers that are shaped like brifters? : : They are brifters with the tiny thumb button protruding from the side, : instead of the extra lever in line with the brake lever. I don't know if : you'd call them "aero," since the cable comes out horizontally toward : the center of the bike. : : I'm working by memory here. I should be visiting in a few days, and I : can try to remember to take a look. It's on a lower end Cannondale : from, oh, maybe 2005 or so. : : -- : - Frank Krygowski : : Not talking about brifters. Talking about aero levers. :I haven't looked, but IFAIK, Sora road levers were always brifters. Straight aero levers -- you need something like these: http://www.amazon.com/Shimano-BL-R40.../dp/B000F5LLWG. I think they made non-sti sora stuff, for a few years in the early part of the milenium, when it was still possible to sell a road bike without sti. Mr Muzi proabably knows for sure. I also have an inkling that Sora was originally called RSX, and I'm more confident there were non-sti rsx bikes. Yes, I'm with Mr Scheidt mostly. Aero levers are still current[1], used with bar-cons on loaded touring bikes for example. Probably misremembered as 'Sora' although at that BL-4-something[2] quality level. The design hasn't changed much since the BL-A450, BL-A451 era. Whether as a 'non-group' component or as a previous model name like RSX you're still talking about a Sora level part so although it's technically not correct we understand the meaning. Note to Frank: the Sora STi have brake controls under the tape, only gear cables flap in the breeze. [1] Currently non-group items BL-R400 and BL-R600. The BL-500 is a flat-bar lever. [4] 4-series has been Exage and RSX and Sora besides 'non-group' -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On 1/10/2016 11:38 AM, AMuzi wrote:
Note to Frank: the Sora STi have brake controls under the tape, only gear cables flap in the breeze. Right, that's what I remember on the bike I was discussing. Maybe that makes them "semi-aero"? But since it wasn't what Doug was after, I'll put it out of my mind. There. Gone. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 11:52:00 AM UTC-5, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/10/2016 11:38 AM, AMuzi wrote: Note to Frank: the Sora STi have brake controls under the tape, only gear cables flap in the breeze. Right, that's what I remember on the bike I was discussing. Maybe that makes them "semi-aero"? But since it wasn't what Doug was after, I'll put it out of my mind. There. Gone. -- - Frank Krygowski Those protruding gear cable housings are fantastic places to clip your crib sheets to. Cheers |
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On Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 6:59:30 AM UTC-8, David Scheidt wrote:
jbeattie wrote: :On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 5:39:37 PM UTC-8, Doug Landau wrote: : On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 5:04:35 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote: : On 1/9/2016 3:00 PM, Doug Landau wrote: : On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 8:19:03 PM UTC-8, Frank Krygowski wrote: : On 1/8/2016 4:24 PM, Doug Landau wrote: : : Sheldon said that Sora were the best aero levers ever made, but I can't find the post and don't remember why he thought that was the case. : : Anybody have any? : : One member of my extended family has them. I've ridden his bike. They : work fine, but his bike is low-mileage, if you get my drift. : : : -- : - Frank Krygowski : : Are they aero levers that are shaped like brifters? : : They are brifters with the tiny thumb button protruding from the side, : instead of the extra lever in line with the brake lever. I don't know if : you'd call them "aero," since the cable comes out horizontally toward : the center of the bike. : : I'm working by memory here. I should be visiting in a few days, and I : can try to remember to take a look. It's on a lower end Cannondale : from, oh, maybe 2005 or so. : : -- : - Frank Krygowski : : Not talking about brifters. Talking about aero levers. :I haven't looked, but IFAIK, Sora road levers were always brifters. Straight aero levers -- you need something like these: http://www.amazon.com/Shimano-BL-R40.../dp/B000F5LLWG. I think they made non-sti sora stuff, for a few years in the early part of the milenium, when it was still possible to sell a road bike without sti. Mr Muzi proabably knows for sure. I also have an inkling that Sora was originally called RSX, and I'm more confident there were non-sti rsx bikes. rsx was originally called rx100 https://www.google.com/search?q=sora...utf-8&oe=utf-8 |
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This -might-be the post I was remembering. But I thought he said something about sora aero levers hoods being shaped like those on brifters. |
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On Monday, January 11, 2016 at 10:09:24 AM UTC-8, Doug Landau wrote:
This -might-be the post I was remembering. But I thought he said something about sora aero levers hoods being shaped like those on brifters. http://search.bikelist.org/beta/Tree...id=91009#91009 |
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