Mike, I use bar end shifters (bar cons) with cork grips on Albatross bars. It works very well.
I had to file a groove in the cork grips to clear the shifter cable housing (easy to do in cork). I believe RBW demonstrated this in a video and RR article. This video shows the grove. I cut mine with a round file. http://www.youtube.com/user/RivBikeWorks?blend=2&ob=1#p/u/6/0VaUlzsDDvk Angus On Jan 20, 9:32 am, Mike Irwin <rivendellbrownbom...@gmail.com> wrote: > The bars and stem were a gift from my wife, so I want to still use > those. The Brooks grips were a gift to myself. So, if I picked up some > carved cork grips, I think that would be just fine. We'll see how it > turns out. > > On Jan 20, 5:47 am, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > Well, if you've already got the parts lying around, it'd be > > interesting to try to make that work. My guess, though, is that the > > cable housing emerging from the bar-end shifter will interfere with > > the grip's outboard retaining ring. When I asked RBW about whether I > > could use bar-end shifters with the woodies grips they used to sell, > > the answer was a straightforward "no" for a similar reason. > > > Now, with some creative carving you *might* make it work. Looks iffy > > at best to me. I'm setting up some Albatross bars with the carved cork > > grips from RBW right now. > > > Or, perhaps try the VO stitch-on leather grips? > > > I'd love to hear how it works out. > > > Yours, > > Thomas Lynn Skean > > > On Jan 19, 11:48 am, Mike Irwin <rivendellbrownbom...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > I'm in the planning process for a new steel steed. I'm planning on > > > going with the Hillborne and building it up to be a fine, upright > > > country cruiser. I have a set of Albatross bars that I think I'd like > > > to use and I have the leather Brooks grips. > > > > I'd like to know if anyone has experience w/ using bar ends with the > > > Brooks grips. The shifters will be from a Shimano 105 groupset. I > > > could always mount them in mountain bike fashion, but I thought the > > > bar ends would add a level of style and refinement fit for a proper > > > bicycle. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
