If you are going to just wrap and shellac them then there is really no issue with scratches. I like the VO leather wrap, its like an expensive steering wheel, and at 45 bucks a good deal. Takes a good night to do but I like it.
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Joe Bernard <[email protected]> wrote: > You'll get the clamps on, then once the lever-bolts have started threading > you can adjust the lever location by wiggling it around a bit. But before > you do that I think you should call the supplier of your bars and tell them > your problem. The fact that you're having the same issue with two sets of > levers tells me you have a slightly oversized hadlebar. > > Joe Bernard > Vallejo, CA. > > On Tuesday, September 4, 2012 9:38:58 PM UTC-7, Michael Richters wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:38 PM, cyclotourist <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > As for for brake levers, you should be able to unbolt the clamp part, >> slide >> > it on, then bolt the lever bodies back onto the clamp. I don't know if >> that >> > works for brifters though. >> >> All the tidbits I've read on installing brake levers have either >> ignored this possibility or forbidden separating the clamp completely >> from the body of the brake lever, so I was not sure if there was some >> non-obvious reason not to do it that way (the obvious reason being >> that it might be hard to seat the bolt in the nut, or one might >> cross-thread it). I'm still left with the smaller problem of making >> small adjustments so that the two levers are positioned at the same >> height, which doesn't seem practical to do with just the clamps. Of >> course, now that I think about it, I'm not really certain where I want >> them on the curve of the bar, or, for that matter, whether or not I >> want the aero levers -- I've got one of each type (aero and non-), >> both of which have clamps too tight to just slip on. >> >> My consolation in this difficulty is that I can be quite sure that >> pressure will be evenly distributed around the bar by the clamp... >> >> --MR >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/N-O_KmH2qhUJ. > > 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. > -- 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.
