BB7 Road versus Mountain

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@litcrazy Good intel. Thanks for reporting back!

Originally Posted by litcrazy

Hello,
So I started with the Tektro V brakes levers (RL520) and the road BB7. It did allow a bit more modulation but the absolute power felt inadequate.

I then switched to TRP road levers and the absolute power felt much improved and the pad spacing didn't feel enough worse to justify the loss of power.

It's a brief experiment, but I definitely would vote for road levers with road BB7 brakes.

As a reference point, I was running 27.5/54mm Gravelking SKs (so lots of surface contact).

I'm still ambivalent about the set-up. Whereas I'm fine with BB7s on my mountain bike, I may be tempted to try the Juin Tech R1 for this gravel bike with road levers. Still thinking.