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Offline Taipan

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what's the best Bmx lever?
« on: September 12, 2016, 10:58 AM »
Whilst out riding on the weekend I noticed that there's far to much flex in an old school lever,been using the usual DC tech 3 and 4 mainly so my question is what lever would you recommend that will give me far less flex? maybe something that has a cast fixing via allen key instead of the loop and nut /bolt fixing,what do you use? info greatfully received  :daumenhoch:

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Re: what's the best Bmx lever?
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2016, 11:40 AM »
tech 5's my friend. All of the above, cast, allen fixing etc. Been using them for a few years now, v happy with them and certainly never noticed any flexing etc  Plus the longer lever means less input force required to achieve a similar applied braking power. :daumenhoch:
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Re: what's the best Bmx lever?
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2016, 11:44 AM »
Yep, Tech 5's for me too.  :daumenhoch:

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Re: what's the best Bmx lever?
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2016, 12:08 PM »
Old school, or any lever  ???

Tech 77's are by far the superior old school lever, and the Odyssey mono mid lever now. I use a Shimano DX lever on my new TA, solely for the adjustments on it, but it is also a great lever  :daumenhoch:
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Re: what's the best Bmx lever?
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2016, 12:37 PM »
Odyssey RX3

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Re: what's the best Bmx lever?
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2016, 02:46 PM »
cheers lads  :daumenhoch:

btw bikes are old school but tbh I just want a lever that will work  :daumenhoch: even my young lad is complaining about the flex on his levers i'll have a look for the tech 5's or similar
thx again  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2016, 05:11 PM »
Im running Tech 77s on 3 of mine now and being a Big man I take some stopping on a down hill section as Retro Dan will testifie at Chester a few years back.
Never had issues with them.

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Re: what's the best Bmx lever?
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2016, 06:12 PM »
new school ,  odyssey mono levers are pretty good , look mid school , although some may cringe bunging em on old/mid bikes but they do work well , no flex and come in four different lever types ,twin cable for gyro's  M2 ,   medium lever are nice ,  the trigger ones are the best :daumenhoch:  n the short ones are short  :LolLolLolLol:
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Re: what's the best Bmx lever?
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2016, 07:54 PM »
Dc tech 77's,  odyssey mono or eclat sniper levers all rule  :daumenhoch: acs also made a really nice one as well, can't remember what it was called though!
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Re: what's the best Bmx lever?
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2016, 11:02 PM »
Oddy Mono is the only lever I use to ride. End of :yahoo_silent:

Well i'm about the 5th person to recommend them so fook that oldschool nonsense and get over it if you want to actually stop. Pair them with a set of sticky pads and you'll go over the handlebars if you pull up too hard :2funny:

Here's one of my Badlanders rocking a set of them  :daumenhoch:



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