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Offline meticulous

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why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« on: March 20, 2013, 06:12 PM »
nobody seems to like them or have them on there bikes...   ???

compared with tech 3's they look just as good and are era correct for old schoolers,  and they are dead cheap!    ??? ???

so 'why?' i ask....





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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2013, 06:19 PM »
imo, they look like folded cardboard  :laugh:

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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2013, 06:24 PM »
They work far better than tech III . I like um
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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2013, 06:27 PM »
I don't use them Sam as I don't remember them BITD. Also they look cheap IMO. :daumenhoch:


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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2013, 06:31 PM »
Apart from I never had one bitd . The lever is to small , and I don't like the two tone colours . .. :daumenhoch:


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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2013, 06:42 PM »
I don't mind them , Carl has a point on the two tone variations of the same colour though .  I also think that people as daft as it sounds don't use them because they are cheap and readily available .  Shame, as like you say Sam they are early 80's levers .  I dare say as supplies run out and the price creeps up , more and more people will start to use them . Im pretty sure they were dearer than tec3's bitd  :D

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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2013, 07:22 PM »
at £10 for a nos pair its a no brainer ...   if your not too bothered about the expence snobbery....   :-\
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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2013, 07:26 PM »
I have some, however performance wise they are a little spongy in comparison.

They work well when using brand new !00% straight wheels (something I never had back in the day)

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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2013, 07:29 PM »
I have some, however performance wise they are a little spongy in comparison.

They work well when using brand new !00% straight wheels (something I never had back in the day)

I agree, they are super spongy and didn't work as well as DC's offering back in the day. Given most bikes they go on these days wont be raced or ridden hard I guess it doesn't really matter, but BITD they were rubbish to actually use.
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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2013, 08:11 PM »
I had them bitd 4 a while and they work better than Tech 3's till they r worn. I prefere the SX with the chrome lever and coloured body  :coolsmiley:

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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2013, 08:11 PM »
they work better than any DC lever and look cool.some people must have been clueless
as to how to set there bikes up bitd.end of. :knuppel2:

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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2013, 08:14 PM »
watch the price of these levers double now after this thread....   :D

anybody want to buy some mint blue ones for £40....   :crazy2:
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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2013, 08:22 PM »
What they work better than DC ? Not on mine they don't . I think you get more pull on the lever . The spongy is the cable stretch . They stop my better
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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2013, 08:24 PM »
give the cable a good pre stretch before use.jobs a good un. :daumenhoch:

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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2013, 09:56 PM »
nobody seems to like them or have them on there bikes...   ???



Really ?

I have a Shimano set up on my Nora

Dx lever and Tourney caliper  :smitten:

Because I like to have something different on each of my bikes









I had a DX lever for a while BITD but found it didn't peform aswell as a DC ,,, spongey


but I think the Tourney calipers are ace, with their  selfcentre-ing mechanism  :4_17_5:, far better than the DC MX self centre bobbins  :crazy2:
« Last Edit: March 20, 2013, 09:58 PM by Hunterdubber »

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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #15 on: March 20, 2013, 10:06 PM »
Don't those levers work by moving the outer cable rather than pulling the inner?   :-\  That could account for the difference in feel. 

I could never get away with them personally as their fugliness is impossible to ignore.   :(

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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #16 on: March 20, 2013, 10:13 PM »
great looking levers IMO but they just didnt work well

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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #17 on: March 20, 2013, 10:22 PM »
Thats a great looking GT .
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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #18 on: March 20, 2013, 10:24 PM »
I like 'em............


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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #19 on: March 20, 2013, 10:41 PM »
Interesting thread Sam...& good point Joff...!

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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #20 on: March 20, 2013, 11:05 PM »
i like em. prefer them to dia compe levers.
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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #23 on: March 21, 2013, 08:57 AM »
+1  :daumenhoch:

I had them bitd 4 a while and they work better than Tech 3's till they r worn. I prefere the SX with the chrome lever and coloured body  :coolsmiley:

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Re: why are shimano DX brake levers so unloved?
« Reply #24 on: March 21, 2013, 11:33 AM »
i never liked the look of em even bitd.
always look to small to me  :-\
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