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SRAM brings completion to T-Sort Eagle Transmission with up to date Stealth brake levers
Mar
The brand new levers can be found on chosen Degree and Code brakes, and are being launched alongside SRAM’s new T-Sort Eagle Transmission groupset.
The refreshed design routes the hose nearer to the handlebar, which is meant to create a sleeker-looking cockpit.
SRAM’s Stealth levers can be found now. The Degree Stealth brakes begin at £200 / $185 / €220 and the Code Stealth brakes are priced from £320 / $300 / €360, excluding rotors.
Handlebar-hugging hoses
SRAM says it has routed the cable nearer to the bar with the intention to clear it up and match the aesthetics of the brand new T-Sort Eagle Transmission.
To additional support on this smooth look, the model is supplying stem clips to make sure the hoses run alongside the handlebar.
The brand new lever design is meant so as to add one other hand place to the bars, enabling riders to imagine a tucked place with a extra reassuring maintain of the brake in comparison with the earlier levers, which flared outwards.
New levers, new names
Whereas the caliper and internals stay the identical as SRAM’s earlier mountain bike brakes, SRAM has modified the way it names its spec ranges. The bottom-spec R has been changed with the Bronze, and the mid-level RSC has been changed with Silver.
In the mean time, it seems the model is barely releasing Silver and Final Stealth fashions – however we are able to count on Bronze to comply with sooner or later.
SRAM’s top-end Code brakes can be found for the primary time in an Final spec degree and have titanium accents and {hardware}.
The Code Stealth brakes retain SRAM’s SwingLink cam to actuate the plunger of the brake lever. Additionally they embody tool-free attain and phone adjustment, which ought to aid you to seek out your most well-liked setup whereas out on the paths.
The Degree Stealth brakes can be found in Silver and Final spec ranges. The Degree Final incorporates a carbon brake lever blade and titanium {hardware}.
Out there with two or 4 pistons, the Degree Stealth additionally options tool-free attain alter and is the lightest mannequin within the SRAM vary.
All Stealth levers proceed to be ambidextrous, enabling you to swap your levers from one aspect of the handlebar to the opposite in the event you desire to journey a ‘moto’ or ‘euro’ setup.
You would possibly be capable to match the brand new Stealth levers to older SRAM brakes, because of matching internals and the identical Stealth-a-Majig hose barb, olive and compression fittings. Nevertheless, SRAM doesn’t present a lever-only choice right now.
SRAM Stealth brake lever fashions, spec and pricing
SRAM Code Final Stealth
- Pistons: 4
- Fluid: DOT 5.1
- Adjustment: Attain, contact alter
- Value: £320 / $300 / €360
SRAM Code Silver Stealth
- Pistons: 4
- Fluid: DOT 4
- Adjustment: Attain, contact alter
- Value: £285 / $265 / €320
SRAM Degree Final Stealth 4-Piston
- Pistons: 4
- Fluid: DOT 5.1
- Adjustment: Attain
- Value: £320 / $300 / €360
SRAM Degree Silver Stealth 4-Piston
- Pistons: 4
- Fluid: DOT 5.1
- Adjustment: Attain
- Value: £210 / $195 / €235
SRAM Degree Final Stealth 2-Piston
- Pistons: Two
- Fluid: DOT 5.1
- Adjustment: Attain
- Value: £340 / $285 / €305
SRAM Degree Silver Stealth 2-Piston
- Pistons: Two
- Fluid: DOT 4
- Adjustment: Attain
- Value: £200 / $185 / €220