Trouble reaching brake lever

[madscot13]

You'll always have more leverage from the drops, but you should be able to brake effectively from the hoods.

I know that to be true from a physics standpoint, but I prefer braking from the tops of my hoods.

A little more slack could help, but when you are not biking how do the levers feel?

[NadiaMac]

different brake systems have different resistance in my experience. I have very small hands and find shimano to have too much resistance (plus the design of the hoods seems to require a bigger stretch when depressing the levers, which I think makes the resistance fell higher). I didn't have this experience with campy or sram. I use sram now, which has adjustable levers so you can adjust the reach closer to the bars. something to think about when you buy your next bike

[MartianDestiny]

I use sram now, which has adjustable levers so you can adjust the reach closer to the bars. something to think about when you buy your next bike

I'd agree, SRAM's hood profile is better, shorter at the least. But darn their new "double tap" system makes shifting a theater show in contortion (at least for me). No way I can comfortably operate their shifting mechanism with my hand size

[papaver]

This is what i've done on my mixte:



Maybe this can help.