Bowdenex REAR levers

[Ian Williams]

I am a fan of CORRECTLY assembled and set up Bowdenex conversions, in good condition they work well and solve the problem of rotating front axles reducing brake efficiency, in a this case if may be easier to simply revert to an open cable. Regular readers here will know that an unworn and properly set up std braking system is considered by many of us to be fit for purpose and completely adequate for normal use. If your actuation system is compensated perhaps the 3/16" will not matter, there is also a school of thought that shorter front levers helps with bringing on the fronts harder than the rears, remember in a perfect world we want the fronts to do more work than the rear. Leverage ratios in the complete system should be considered and I am assuming you have a std uncompensated cross shaft with standard leverage ratios? With all non standard set ups there is an element of trial and error when trying to make it work, for every action we take there is usually a trade off of some kind.