Which type of disc brake? Road or mountain?

I am about to by my first disc brake to replace a cantilever rim brake. I want a Avid BB7 disc brake. They come in two varieties: road or mountain. Which one do I need if I don't want to change my brake levers?

The current rim brakes are Cane Creek SCX-5 and they are paired with Tektro RL720 cross levers and Tektro RL340 aero levers.

Thanks for clearing up my confusion!

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on November 4, 2012 at 8:28am

You want road, or short pull, brakes. The nomenclature should be 'short pull' and 'long pull' not 'raod' and 'mountain.'

V-brake levers have a longer pull on them than levers for all other kinds of brakes (caliper, canti, u-brake) and if you have v-brake levers you need long pull disc brakes.

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on November 4, 2012 at 9:00am

Doug, thanks for your explanation.

notoriousDUG said:

You want road, or short pull, brakes. The nomenclature should be 'short pull' and 'long pull' not 'raod' and 'mountain.'

V-brake levers have a longer pull on them than levers for all other kinds of brakes (caliper, canti, u-brake) and if you have v-brake levers you need long pull disc brakes.