Quote Originally Posted by brewer View Post
Here is the solution I worked out for Malkin. I wanted to acheive maximum braking power using a short-reach road lever with minimum effort. So I assembled the following components:

1) Cane Creek SCR 5C levers (http://www.canecreek.com/component-o...=levers-scr-5c),
2) Cane Creek Direct Curve 3 Brakes (MTB V-style http://www.canecreek.com/component-o...direct-curve-3),
3) ProblemSolvers TravelAgent (http://www.problemsolversbike.com/pd...avel_agent.pdf).

The levers provide short-reach, the V-brakes provide maximum braking power. In order to get the road levers to work with the MTB brakes, the TravelAgent is required because the V-brakes require a greater pull than can be accomplished with the road levers. A side benefit is that there is a leverage effect that results in less effort required for a LOT of braking power. The trikiest bit of the assembly is installing the TravelAgents. If you aren't experienced, have your LBS do this for you. Really.

Cheers!
Brewer
Brewer,

I certainly am not experienced enough right now to do anything other than change an inner tube - so I wouldn't try this. My LHT has cantilever brakes currently. I have been wondering about a different style lever, and possibly bars, should my problem continue. I greatly appreciate this information and if our initial efforts don't solve my problem this just might be the way to go. I will find out if these levers are more compact than the Tekro r100a levers that were supposed to have come with my bike. Thanks for the information!