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Braking news – SRAM S900 singlespeed carbon brake levers

Considerably lighter than the average lightweight carbon lever

Well, looky here, some SRAM carbon brake levers just turned up, singlepeed carbon levers. Yes I think we can say that Christmas just came early.

Fondling them out the box produced giggles as these S900 levers weigh a meagre 247g (3g heavier than SRAM claim, on our scales anyway) simply because there's not much there. It looks to be a SRAM double-tap lever body with all the geary bits ripped out leaving just a single carbon brake lever and a few internal clampy and springy gubbins.

For anyone that's got about £60 to spend on a handful of bling for their singlespeed road or 'cross bike, or any delusional fixie rider that actually thinks brakes are a good thing, or even if you're running a geared SRAM set-up and for whatever reason don't need a front shifter but want something to match then these could be the shizzle. SRAM are also offering the more blue-collar S500 alloy version for £20 less, but we all know you don't want those do you?

We’ll put these on the test mule and get back to you.

Jo Burt has spent the majority of his life riding bikes, drawing bikes and writing about bikes. When he's not scribbling pictures for the whole gamut of cycling media he writes words about them for road.cc and when he's not doing either of those he's pedaling. Then in whatever spare minutes there are in between he's agonizing over getting his socks, cycling cap and bar-tape to coordinate just so. And is quietly disappointed that yours don't He rides and races road bikes a bit, cyclo-cross bikes a lot and mountainbikes a fair bit too. Would rather be up a mountain.

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G-bitch | 14 years ago
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Nice - as previously mentioned I was expecting a hideous Campaglike price tag.

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schmiken | 14 years ago
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Look great for the CX bike! Anybody need a right hand lever...?

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cat1commuter | 14 years ago
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Nice. The only thing which rattles on my fixie are its Shimano R600 brake levers, and the SRAM hoods are supposed to be the nicest shape to hold.

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Fringe | 14 years ago
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are they by chance the next friday schwag grab?  4 (and can i win, ta.)

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MikeyF | 14 years ago
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'Singlespeed' levers? Oh, you mean brake levers.  1

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Tony Farrelly replied to MikeyF | 14 years ago
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MikeyF wrote:

'Singlespeed' levers? Oh, you mean brake levers.  1

It can only be a matter of time though

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AdamML | 14 years ago
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Looking really nice. And about half the price of the carbon ones from Campagnolo...

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