For you Barbie collectors, straight legs, cake eaters, REMF’s and other members of the phylum *wussopithiocus *our friends at FSA Visiontech have in fact wussified their formerly state-of-the-art ultra aero, badass, bladed mini crab claw brake lever and, in fact, blunted the edges for your protection. It is now child proof.
Phhht.
The levers remain very good, just not worthy of their former lustful allure. I hope each of you rest more soundly. No one could handle the truth. The FSA levers in their former, razor sharp version were the last bastion of common sense be damned, testicularly tuned full on performance brickabrack.
tom, i know having those levers razor sharp and bladed did save a critical 1/4 of sec. per 40 km. i do race fast, so i know how important that 1/4 of a sec. is. and for me, often 1/4 of sec. is the difference for whether or not i make the podium, as all the tri’s i do are timed with great swiss precision (yeah, right).
but i dont think FSA/vision “wussified” their levers, they revised the design to suit the human hand. it is about time. maybe i’ll even get some.
you see, i like to brake at the last possible reasonable moment when descending and turning, so i put a lot of pressure on the brake levers as i yank hard, but carefully. call me crazy, but i prefer to yank on an ergonomic surface.
no, the “last bastion of common sense be damned, testicularly tuned full on performance” is not tolerating uncomfortable, poorly designed brake levers, but knowing how to descend, and how to descend FAST.
as an aside, i hope they also revised the design to stop the endless rattling…
“but i dont think FSA/vision “wussified” their levers, they revised the design to suit the human hand”
Seriously? I mean you really think the Vision levers are uncomfortable?
I’m astonished - really. Ya’all must soak your hands in milk or something. I’ve been using these levers for a couple of years now, and find them perfectly comfortable.
…And BS on your super-late braking super GI-Joe hand strength nonsense. Phooey. People crash if they try to follow me through a TT turnaround. I’m badaassss, man :0), and these babies work just fine.
Bleaahhhh… I’m with Tom on this one (had to happen someday, eh?)
(I could do without the rattle though… here’s the garage shop fix; cut a small section of a 20c inner tube to form a .75 cm width rubberband. Slide over the brake lever past the pivot. Stops the rattle, and also works as a return spring.)
and these babies work just fine.
well, if they did, then they should’ve just kept them the same. i am glad they worked for you. i thought they were weak.
Like Tom said, It’s appeasement for the whiny milk hand crew…
BAN LAWN DARTS!!!
REMOVE ALL SHARP CORNERS FROM DANGEROUS FURNITURE!!!
NO MORE CORNERS!!! ALL ROOMS WILL NOW BE ROUND!!!
Seriously, though, I haven’t seen the new version of the brakes, so maybe they’re better (IE - no more rattle,) but the old ones just plain were not too sharp.
Seriously? I mean you really think the Vision levers are uncomfortable?
I’m astonished - really. Ya’all must soak your hands in milk or something. I’ve been using these levers for a couple of years now, and find them perfectly comfortable.
…And BS on your super-late braking super GI-Joe hand strength nonsense. Phooey. People crash if they try to follow me through a TT turnaround. I’m badaassss, man :0), and these babies work just fine.
“(I could do without the rattle though… here’s the garage shop fix; cut a small section of a 20c inner tube to form a .75 cm width rubberband. Slide over the brake lever past the pivot. Stops the rattle, and also works as a return spring.)”
What a fabulous suggestion! I’m gonna try that tomorrow. I train almost exclusively on tar and gravel roads and the buzz of those brakes is about to drive me crazy. But I love 'em nonetheless. Question, how to you slide the inner tube section on without slicing them on the razor-sharp levers? You must put electrical tape over those brake edges first, huh? Then remove it once the bands are in place?
Actually, I wear chain-mail cycling gloves so the sharpness of the brake levers doesn’t bother me a bit.
not to hijack the thread but… Doug from FSA, could you check into why the 130 SLKs don’t accept the Q rings, or the rings from the gossamer cranks for that matter. There was a post on it about a week ago. Thanks.
Waaaay easier fix to the rattling rivet: put a small smearing of grease into the rivets on the levers and have not heard a peep since. 600 miles and counting…
