Joe and Keith Make sure between yourselves that the clamp diameter and bar diameter match. The brakelevers pictured in the OP were probably 23.8mm (what Patrick Moore correctly referred to as "road levers"). The Choco bars that Keith is trying to fit will want a 22.2mm clamp diameter. If Joe's levers are already 22.2, then you're good to go. If Joe's levers are 23.8mm, then Keith will have to find other bands (totally doable) or fashion a shim arrangement. That same "mismatch" is what Patrick Moore was describing when he found a bent part of his Ahearne bars that allow the "road" levers to mount securely. That workaround works well when it does.
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 8:27:30 AM UTC-8 iamkeith wrote: > Thanks so much, Joe. I'll send you a PM. It does look like these might > work. > > On Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 9:58:12 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: > >> Keith, >> >> I have these levers, bought from V-O to use with their Porteur bars but >> never got as far as hooking cables to brakes (I must have sold the bike). >> Here's a not-terribly-clear mockup of what you want to do on Billie Bars, I >> think it'll work. They're short-pull for canti or road and there's a ton of >> room for lever travel. If you put the clamp at the front of your Chocos you >> should be able to get the curve of the lever lined up with the curve in the >> bar. >> >> These are new, you can have them for $20 shipped if you don't already >> have a source, I'm never going to use them. >> >> Joe Bernard >> >> On Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 6:42:32 PM UTC-8 iamkeith wrote: >> >>> Does anyone have any experience with these L-shaped Dia Compe brake >>> levers intended for bullhorn-style handlebars, but perhaps suitable for >>> installation on a choco (or moustache) bars? Do they work well (provide >>> adequate leverage, easy to reach, enough movement without bottoming out >>> against the bar)? Would they work with choco bars? If so, would they work >>> better installed one direction versus another? It seems they could be >>> installed with the hinge on the front section, forward of the bend, as >>> easily as at the end. >>> >>> >>> https://www.euroasiaimports.com/productcart/pc/Dia-Compe-DC139-Brake-Lever-p14878.htm >>> >>> I'm trying to replace one of my numerous moustache bars with a choco >>> moose bar - mostly for the sake of variety, but partly because I thought >>> they'd be almost identical with the exception of the primary and secondary >>> grip positions being reversed - but it isn't quite working out that way. >>> >>> Because the choco doesn't bend forward before coming back, and because >>> the fixed "stem" reach is effectively short, my hands want to rest at the >>> curve even in my upright/relaxed body position - so basically like a >>> moustache bar without a leaned-forward, aero, position and with the >>> relaxed/default position being forward of the straight section where a >>> normal brake lever would mount. (Hope that makes sense) >>> >>> Combined with the fact that it's difficult to even find straight bar >>> brake levers at the moment I'm wondering if these might work by giving me >>> access to the brakes from multiple grip locations. I suppose I could try >>> drop bar levers mounted forward of the curve, but that kind of defeats the >>> point of getting rid of the moustache bar, when I could achieve something >>> similar with a shorter stem. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/517fc393-6f1a-4b41-a8cc-225f0f8193f3n%40googlegroups.com.
