Decent v brake levers?

Not really...they did appear in the mid 90s! That's fairy retro....(ok, i had stopped working in bike shops some years before that, but then im old!)

Im just not a fan of the cheap stamped out xt / avid levers. Was hoping to find something cast and a bit more solid......the modern ( post 1995) levers all look a bit angular, less subtle some how.....

But it looks like the mid 90s quality dive put pay to any decent offerings.
 
Apse

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Tektro certainly did some interesting stuff, and I'm pretty sure they were OEM to Avid, Cannondale, etc. for a fair bit.

I'm running these that I think I got from an old Decathlon or Sunn 90s bike. Lever is a bit longer than XT.

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You can go easy as me in my last buit: Avis SD, in black or in silver. Or some XT, or some Extralite ultralevers if money is not a problem.
 

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