Kudos for that part being included. I used those levers on my early Karate Monkey before the small noodle was included; the housing stop was inside the back of the lever body, like other aero levers.
Routing the housing into the back of the 287V lever, avoiding an angle of departure by the cable from the housing was a toil. Over time, the housing would migrate and recreate a harsh angle for the cable from the end of the housing, despite what seemed like strong steps to secure its position beneath bar tape for smooth operation. Always felt grinding while taking up cable and when reaching high effort upon pad contact, they felt like I was pulling a rope over an edge. I my shop days, we always had several Dia Compe small part bins (from BTI?) that included mystery bits that I'm positive included noodle stops for aero levers that went unconsumed since *"everyone already knows how to route housing to aero levers"*. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 11:57:15 AM UTC-5 ChuckB wrote: > I am in the process of converting my Sam from Choco bars to Noodle drop > bars. I bought the Dia-Compe DC 287V brake levers from Rivendell to use > with my V-Brakes. It came with two noodles (one with a cable adjuster and a > smaller one without) for each brake, which confused me. Rivendell didn't > have any explanation on their product page of how each is used or even if > both are needed. Only after searching the internet (probably should have > just called Rivendell!) for over an hour did I find a somewhat definite > statement of how to use them, so I'm posting that here. Maybe this is > obvious, but I have only installed modern Shimano Brifter brakes before, so > this was very confusing to me. > > So, the noodle with the cable adjuster is used in its normal manner on the > V-brake itself, which was not a problem. The smaller noodle was really the > confusing one, and it actually needs to be installed into the brake lever > before installing it on the handlebars. The pictures show how it fits. It > is necessary so as to have a smooth low-friction cable run from under the > hood. I had installed the cables and housing without using this noodle and > could not get the brakes to return to neutral. The smaller noodle fixed > this. Hope this is helpful to someone! > [image: PXL_20251120_130433904.jpg][image: PXL_20251120_130302188.jpg][image: > PXL_20251120_130241468.jpg] > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9a9df5cc-1798-4ee1-aff3-eab201721f2an%40googlegroups.com.
