[Babaganoush]

I have ISR brake levers and noticed they offer a model with adjustable reach and leverage.
Does anyone have experience with the adjustable leverage bit? Could it, for example, add feel and bite with the OEM caliper and disc setup?

 

[oldgoldie]

Could it, for example, add feel and bite with the OEM caliper and disc setup?

I really don't think it will change feel or bite. However you may be able to stop harder due to a better grip with your hand the adjustment will allow.

 

[Babaganoush]

I really don't think it will change feel or bite. However you may be able to stop harder due to a better grip with your hand the adjustment will allow.

You say you think, but do you know? Do you have first-hand experience?
I’m talking about the leverage adjustment, not the reach (lever position). More leverage, by definition, would mean that you get smaller piston movement with bigger lever movement, right?

 

[oldgoldie]

I’m talking about the leverage adjustment, not the reach

I missed that, one would think changing the leverage would indeed change the effort involved in stopping.

You say you think, but do you know? Do you have first-hand experience?

I do have first hand experience with levers with adjustable reach. I did find that I was able to grip the lever "harder" in certain positions as opposed to other positions but as you point out that does not affect leverage.

 

[Nigel Pinchley]

I don't think you were looking at a replacement lever with that option. It looks like it's a whole master cylinder replacement.

 

[Babaganoush]

I don't think you were looking at a replacement lever with that option. It looks like it's a whole master cylinder replacement.

There actually is a replacement lever for my cylinder/clamp/lever setup (model nr ….-11). For cable clutch, though, I would have to replace the whole thing.

 

[Scrammy]

Dollar for dollar, it’s hard to beat the Galfer floating rotor and sintered pads for “bite and feel.” Just another way of looking at the problem, fwiw.