Dia-Compe ATB & road brake levers
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Road: AGC 250 Gran Compe Aero Brake Levers | Black aero brake levers | Edge BRS Aero Brake Levers | Non-aero brake levers w/QR & barrel adjusters | Drilled non-aero brake levers w/barrel adjusters | Aerobar brake lever set
ATB: SS-5 Mk-2 blue brake levers | SS-7 cantilever blue brake levers | SS-7 cantilever silver brake levers | Mark 5 cantilever brake levers | Power Control 7 cantilever brake levers | PC-8 Cantilever brake levers | DP-7 V-Brake brake levers
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Dia-Compe is the brand name of Japanese component maker KK Yoshigai. The firm was stated in Osaka, Japan, in 1930. The first product off its production line was a brakeset. Though Dia-Compe has long since branched out into headsets, suspension forks and stems, brakes and brake parts are what most people rightfully think of when they see the Dia Compe name.
It was Dia-Compe who invented the famous "Safety Lever" extension levers that allow a rider to put his hands on the tops of a set of drop handlebars and still stop his bike.
Swiss brake maker Weinmann was was so taken with the invention that the two firms entered a design-sharing agreement. Weinmann could make the safety levers and Dia-Compe could make its own version of the highly-regard Weinmann brakes. That is why those highly polished Dia-Compe brakes of the bike boom look just like Weinmanns.
Dia-Compe AGC 250 Aero Gran Compe Brake Levers. Used, $20.00/set
- Adjustable return spring
- Unique hood shape.
- Unfortunately, one lever hood is torn and we don't have a replacement in stock
- Special cable housings included (see last picture)
Front view. You can see the torn lever hood.
Side view
The levers flipped over to show their other sides.
Inside on of the levers, showing the exit route of the aero brake cable.
The special housing pieces that come with the levers.
Dia-Compe black aero brake levers with spring assist. Used, $25.00/set
From the front
Side view
The levers flipped over to show their other sides
A final view
Dia-Compe Edge BRS Aero Brake Levers. Used, $20.00/set
Front view
Side view
The same levers flipped over to show their other sides.
Dia-Compe non-aero brake levers with quick-release & barrel adjusters. Used, $35.00/set
- Dia-Compe made many variations on this basic design in the 1970s and early 1980s.
- This set has barrel adjusters for easy brake adjustment and flip-down quick-releases on the fronts of the levers.
Side view
Here they are flipped over.
Front view
Dia-Compe drilled non-aero brake levers with barrel adjusters. Used, $50.00/set
- Dia-Compe made many variations on this basic design in the 1970s and early 1980s.
- This set has barrel adjusters for easy brake adjustment.
Front view
Side view
And here they are flipped over.
Dia-Compe Aerobar brake Lever set. New, $35.00/set
We pulled these off a new bike.
Ready to help you cheat the wind.
Here they are flipped over.
Dia-Compe Blue SS-5 Mark-2 brake levers. New, $125.00
Part# 82123
- Produced in the late 1990s
We have 7 sets in stock.
Beautifully made.
Flipped over they look just as good
From a different photo shoot.
These ae certainly beautifully finished MTB brake levers.
The front of one of the levers.
Here's the back
They are new, in the box.
Dia-Compe SS-7 Cantilever blue brake levers. New, $125.00/set
Part# 82119
These levers are new, in the box.
A look inside the box.
The levers out of their box.
The other sides of the levers.
The fronts of the levers.
The bar clamps.
Here's the back of one of the levers.
Dia-Compe SS-7 cantilever brake levers, polished. Used, $65.00/set
- We believe that some passionate rider had-polished the anodization from these levers. There a a few traces of anodization in unreachable recesses
- These levers came off an Answer-Manitou FS.
Classic polished silver.
Here are the levers, flipped over.
Mark 5 cantilever brake levers. New, $65.00/pair
Typical Dia Compe high-level finish
And the levers flipped over.
Dia-Compe Power Control 7 cantilever brake levers. New, $25.00/pair
Part# 82143
- Produced early to mid-1990s
Functional, clean design
The flip side
Dia-Compe PC-8 Cantilever brake levers. New, $100.00/set
Part# 82140
New, in the box.
A look inside the box
The levers outside the box.
The levers turned over.
The back of one of the levers.
Here's the front.
Dia-Compe DP-7 V-Brake brake levers. New, $30.00/set
Part# 82143
We have three sets in stock
The levers are new, in the box.
Here are the levers.
The levers flipped over so you can see their other sides.
The front of a lever.
Here's the back.
Here's some important info printed on the back of the box.
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