What were those old-school parallel brake levers called? Something Paralever???

Hi folks,

I'm trying to get a set of parrallel levers for my MTB retro-rebuild.
Basically they used a huge parallel linkage brake lever (silver), so that the lever came into the bar parrallel when you squeezed it.

They were sold in the mid-90's...
Anyone here remember the ones I'm referring to?

I think they were called "odyssey paralever".
Is this correct???

Of course, it would help my search a great deal if I knew their name & some more info, so I can do a regular ebay search...

Does anyone recall the name / spelling + anything else?

Thanks.

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CANTI Lever....

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Cheers,
George.

Is this what you are looking for? As far as I know they only came as V Brakes.


http://www.cambriabike.com/shopexd.asp?id=27626

These sound a lot like the brake-lever extensions found on old road bikes.
They were called "suicide levers" because if you relied on them to stop you quickly, then you were likely to end up dead.

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No, no and no.

- They weren't called "CANTI'S"

- They're not parallel-push V-brake calipers.

- And they're not those cheapie aluminium "suicide levers" either...

I asked this on another forum. Yes I am pretty sure that the name I recalled is correct, but it was 10 years ago & there are no references to them on the 'net.

This is what I am talking about: The actual brake lever at the handlebar, instead of having just 1 pivot) had 4 pivots... it was a MTB only lever.

I think have to make my own set.

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