{"id":133491,"date":"2022-05-24T19:34:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T10:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=133491"},"modified":"2023-04-20T18:23:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T09:23:17","slug":"dia-compe-mx-2-brake-levers","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/dia-compe-mx-2-brake-levers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dia-Compe MX-2 Brake Levers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-133470\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400682-1-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400682-1-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400682-1-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400682-1-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400682-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The lack of V-brake levers had been giving us a headache recently, whenever we are building a Surly or a Rivendell bike.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, we have Paul levers but as you all know, they are not cheap. As for Shimano levers, the 3-4 finger levers sometimes feel a bit too long for some of us.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re probably just bitching at this point, but we felt the need of decent looking levers with a decent price. In situations like this, we would always talk to Mr. Yoshigai over at Dia-Compe.<\/p>\n<p>Dia-Compe has only a few V-brake compatible levers. The MX-II levers stood out to us the most when looking at Dia-Compe&#8217;s product line. Mr. Yoshigai was nice enough to even make them in a color they originally haven&#8217;t made.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-133468\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400684-1-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400684-1-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400684-1-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400684-1-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400684-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-title-wrapper product\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/dia-compe-mx-2-bl-limited-brake-lever-pewter-black.html\"><span class=\"base\" data-ui-id=\"page-title-wrapper\">*DIA-COMPE* mx-2 BL limited brake lever (pewter\/black)<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-133467\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400683-1-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400683-1-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400683-1-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400683-1-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400683-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yes, I know it looks silver but the levers are in a pewter-ish grey-ish color.<\/p>\n<p>2 finger levers are always great to make the cockpit look slick. The levers feel great too. They&#8217;ll look pretty nice on Riv bikes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-133471\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400676-1-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400676-1-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400676-1-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400676-1-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400676-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-title-wrapper product\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/dia-compe-mx-2-bl-limited-brake-lever-polish.html\"><span class=\"base\" data-ui-id=\"page-title-wrapper\">*DIA-COMPE* mx-2 BL limited brake lever (polish)<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"product__view__icons\">Okay, this one is silver, or polish.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There aren&#8217;t many V-brake levers in the market if you think about it.<\/p>\n<p>These MX-2 levers have a round shape, which gives a cute detail to your bike.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-133472\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400636-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400636-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400636-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400636-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400636.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ah, here&#8217;s a better look at the pewter levers.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, we said that these are V-brake compatible levers, but if you look closely to the part where the tip of the inner cable sits, you can see the letters, &#8220;V&#8221; and &#8220;N&#8221; engraved.<\/p>\n<p>Now look at the black flicky part that has the letter &#8220;DIATECH&#8221;. This is actually a switch to change the pull ratio, meaning that these things can be used for both V and canti brakes. (also mechanical disc brakes)<\/p>\n<p>If you were looking a pair of brake levers as a final component for your new project, why don&#8217;t you give this thing a try?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":133468,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":133468,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1024,"height":1024,"file":"2022\/05\/A2400684-1.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"A2400684-1-480x480.jpg","width":480,"height":480,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":28866,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400684-1-480x480.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"A2400684-1-720x720.jpg","width":720,"height":720,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":52923,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400684-1-720x720.jpg"},"large":{"file":"A2400684-1-786x786.jpg","width":786,"height":786,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":61028,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400684-1-786x786.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"A2400684-1-800x600.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":51527,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400684-1-800x600.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"filesize":198189},"post":133466,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/A2400684-1.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-search-keywords":"mx-2","search-result-sort-order":"price","search-result-sort-by":"desc","stockSortFlg":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global\/133491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/global"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}