You can't do this (attached) with Crazy Bars unless you have hinged brake
levers. The relaxed hand position is palms at about 45 degrees with thumbs
around the bar ends and heel of the hand on the handle bar. On sketchy
descents you have a standard straight bar with two finger braking. Shifting
Hey, I’m glad it helps. I didn’t do any modifications, but...
You might want to use a half-round file to match the lever body to the bar.
Simply turning the lever 90 degrees digs sharp corners of my example lever body
into the bar. Someone predicted this setup would slip, but regular sideways
Philip,
You’ve got it!! This is exactly what I’m looking for. I’m going to try it with
my next mustache bar (I don’t currently have one).
This is awesome, I didn’t think it’d be possible. Anything special to note with
how you did the conversion?
Cheers,
Zack
> On Aug 9, 2020, at 11:38 PM,
Jim M.:
IIRC The horns of the Crazy Bar have a 23.8mm OD and a ~20mm ID to
accommodate common bar end/TT brake levers, so running road levers would
work if one wanted to save the bar end real estate for something else. A
duo of mirrors? Bar end shifters? a couple knocks to make a slingshot?
Philip's picture matches my understanding of the OP's image. Somehow I
don't think this will catch on.
Eric
On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 11:38 PM Philip Williamson <
philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It sounds like you want to rotate the lever mounts 90 degrees on a
> mustache bar. I’ve never
It sounds like you want to rotate the lever mounts 90 degrees on a mustache
bar. I’ve never seen this done, but it seems feasible. You might want to adjust
the mating surface of the lever with a half-round file.
Disclaimer: I didn’t even visit the bike shed to look at the pieces.
UPDATE
On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 8:53:11 AM UTC-7, Zack Medow wrote:
>
> So I maybe didn't describe this well enough. Just imagine a mustache bar
> but with the brake hoods in the standard position for a drop bar. So it's
> like a normal dop bar, but all parts of the bar are on the same plane. The
I laugh at this question (in nostalgic exhilaration, not scorn) because
I've had the same dilemma for dirt surface bikes. I want a low, narrow
cruising position for tarmac, and a wide, closer-up position for dirt.
What all this reminds me of is: the original issue Moustache Bar. Though I
tried
So I maybe didn't describe this well enough. Just imagine a mustache bar
but with the brake hoods in the standard position for a drop bar. So it's
like a normal dop bar, but all parts of the bar are on the same plane. The
idea is to have a normal hoods position, plus a swoop back part of the bar