Thanks, Garth. I wonder if I’d be better off gutting the Ultegra brifters? I’m particular about reach from saddle, and with the very short reach anatomic bar and the long Ultegra hoods I get the same reach and largely the same “feel” as with a Maes Parallel and the BL 7402 levers, with saddle position and stem and bar height about the same. 1 cm can make a difference in “feel,” and I’d rather not buy yet another stem.
Do others have ideas about how to get the same hood reach on the very short reach anatomic Cannodale bar by comparison with a Maes Parallel and the BL R 400 type levers? On Thu, Apr 9, 2026 at 12:51 PM Garth <[email protected]> wrote: > The TRP doesn't really have a point, it's a blunt contoured knob sorta > thing, made to fit the hand. From what I'll call the middle of that knob, I > measure 8cm. From the last groove on the rubber of the hood(where the > webbing of your hand would be), it's 7cm. I have a set of all black I'd > sell you but frankly I think you're better off getting a set from a seller > on ebay as they include the shipping. That's how I got them. There's a > number of sellers of the black ones, here's one > https://www.ebay.com/itm/204700099392?. I've ordered from that seller > before so no it's fine. > > To confirm what Ryan said, the plain RRL is a solid lever, the SR is > drilled. I've never seen the SR in all black. > > On Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 10:50:16 AM UTC-4 Ryan Fleming wrote: > >> " 4 RRL Alloy and the RRL-SR Road levers?" - SR are the drilled ones, I >> believe. Can't speak to your 1st 3 questions but I will say they play well >> with those Grand Cru levers you are expecting...and the QR button on the >> body of the lever works brilliantly with the QR on the Grand Crus...no >> deflation of tire required (My Road has 32mm Stampede Pass tires) >> >> On Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 5:26:50 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> As I said earlier, I’m looking for aero brake levers with long hoods >>> that more or less mimic the Ultegra R8000 brifters on my Roadeo. >>> >>> I’m looking for levers with hoods ~2 cm longer than the standard Shimano >>> BL R400 aero levers. >>> >>> Someone recommended the TRPs and pictures show a brifter-like hood. >>> >>> 1. Can someone give me the distance from tip of hood to rear of rubber? >>> >>> 2. Can anyone tell me if these are made entirely from aluminum, or if >>> the bodies proper are plastic? >>> >>> 3. If plastic, can anyone say how durable they are? >>> >>> 4. Can anyone tell me the difference between the RRL Alloy and the >>> RRL-SR Road levers? >>> >>> https://trpcycling.com/products/rrl-al >>> >>> https://trpcycling.com/products/rrl-sr >>> >>> https://trpcycling.com/collections/trp-brake-levers >>> >>> Does anyone have a pair of either in BLACK to sell? >>> >>> Lastly, does anyone have a pair of 11-speed Microshift bar end shifters >>> in BLACK to sell? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Patrick Moore >>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing >>> services >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* >>> >>> *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* >>> >>> *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* >>> >> -- > 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/276d9259-fef8-4c29-9696-21c6670e4699n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/276d9259-fef8-4c29-9696-21c6670e4699n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- 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/CALuTfgtL8TPeGug4o5qg9x02r2aQ3hHWZH8tiQg%2B-s74U3ipqA%40mail.gmail.com.
