[Supers79]

Slightly off topic i know, but most MTB forums seem to dead: 

I dropped my bike and my Tektro MD275 brake lever popped out, took it to my LBS as it should have been a straightforward fix it with the correct tools. Go back a few days later only to find that they’d replaced the whole brake lever assembly with a Claris one. I rejected it and asked them to put the old one back on. 

I’ve been looking online for Claris flat bar brakes but they don’t seem to exist in hydraulic form- has anyone ever heard of them?

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[Podc]

Could it have been Clarks? If

Could it have been Clarks? If it was you definitely did the right thing.

[Supers79]

It absolutely said Claris,

It absolutely said Claris, could be a cheap knock-off or is their a historical Claris brake lever? 

[OnYerBike]

Shimano have a pretty

Shimano have a pretty comprehensive archive: https://productinfo.shimano.com/#/archive 

I haven’t looked through it fully, but AFAIK no, there is not and has never been a “Claris” hydraulic brake lever (flat bar or otherwise).

The entry level flat bar hydraulic brake lever is the BL-MT200 (steel) / BL-MT201 (aluminium), which is found across CUES, Acera, Altus and Alivio. But not Claris. 

[Wingguy]

Does it actually say Claris

Does it actually say Claris on it? Sure it’s not an MT200?

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