Brake Levers - Road - TRP, RRL Grey Alloy, Black Hoods
TRP Ultra-Ergo Road Brake Levers TRP means Tektro Racing Products, and it's like Lexus is to Honda. Fancier and more expensive. I saw these at a trade show in Taiwan and at first I thought some non-riding, spike-haired twenty-somethings went nuts on the CAD program and came up with the worst possible mix of old world looks and new world ergonomics. But I still couldn't stop looking at them. The real juicy stuff hits you when you grab them. Each lever is custom-made to fit every human hand since Lucy, and the contours are so good that you almost feel like a wimp for liking it. There's even a recess in the upper part of the lever, for when you hook your fingers around that. The lever also sticks out to the side, so it's easy to grab no matter what. The lever hood-body has a higher peak than our other levers---borrowed from Shimano brifters. But since there's no cable coming out from on high, you can comfortably grab this nose with your lower two fingers, and if you're shooting for high-o