On Nov 30, 11:46 pm, Ray Shine <[email protected]> wrote:> > I don't think your idea would be that great because the bend of the bars will > inevitably pack the rings hrd on the inside bends, and loose on the outside. > I use cork on my drop bars. Maybe you could do some variation of this set > up. I really like this set up on my Quickbeam. By the way, I now have cork > tape on the bars where you see the cloth tape. Here's the link Check the > second and third pix, in particular: > > http://cyclofiend.com/ssg/2007/ssg074-rayshine0307.html
Hi Ray, that's very similar to what I was picturing. Thanks for the link to the pics... I'd gone through lots of the Ram pics, hadn't gone through the QB pics, I'd missed quite a bit! On Dec 1, 12:27 am, CycloFiend <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it's going to be a little problematic - here are some things which > occurred to me: > > The first trick is going to be find something with an inside diameter that > will fit. Fly rod blanks are much smaller than handlebars. The largest i > can find is less than 20 mm's -http://tinyurl.com/corkrings Oh, I completely agree, Jim, I've never seen rings w/ large-enough holes; was definitely expecting that I'd be enlarging them to slip onto the bar. > Typically, the outside diameter is close but varies slightly at best. When > I've worked with the rings, I've put them on and then shaped them smooth (or > into a specific shape.) Definitely would be a sanding job to get them evened up after installation.... > Building them into grips, I've always glued between the rings. I think if > you just use pressure, you are more likely to split them, and they will > definitely spin if you don't use some light adhesive between them and the > bar. Once on, it'd be possible to glue them together, or to the bar. The downside would be, if you needed to remove them, getting them off again w/o destroying them each time. (I'm thinking I'll have cyclocross interruptor levers, too, was thinking that it'd be nice to have a cork grip for them up there, is what started me thinking about this.) But you've got a point about them spinning.... > The Miesha's grips are pressed cork (at least mine are). Cork rings (not the > rubberized ones) are not (they do use cork dust & glue to fill the natural > gaps). I think the ones you might have the other grips that Riv has, just below the Meisha grips, which are the same ones my LBS has... the Meisha grips are made from rings (per their site). The thing I think would be trickiest would be the bends of the bar: the long straight sections shouldn't be bad, but the transitions between them would be, interesting... I was actually imagining having to clamp and miter cut some angled rings, more wedge-shaped, to use to make it smooth around the bends. Definitely would be a labor- intensive feat to get it on there 'right', and not just haphazardly thrown together. I may very well revert to the idea of shellacked cloth, cork tape, etc., and forgo cork altogether; but, I've assured SWMBO that I'd not be getting the frame from the shop until after the holidays, so I still have over a month or so until I start building, leaving me some more time to think on it. Thanks, -L -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
