The brake lever hack It is literally 2 holes drilled with a cordless drill. I didn’t even take the levers apart. The part to worry about is where to drill and what size holes to make. You need to remove a circlip to remove the barrel shaped cable stop. There are 2 bushings, one for each side, that determine the required hole sizes. The larger hole has to be positioned so that the bushing and circlip can be reinstalled in the new location, and there isn’t much room. It is a little fiddly to then install the cables, but it’s doable. If there is enough interest I could try to create an illustrated guide.
On Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 12:20:34 PM UTC-5 David Person wrote: > Followed your link to your Esty store. Great patches. Order a couple of > Bike Tinkers Union patches. > > On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 6:54:42 PM UTC-8 Philip Williamson wrote: > >> >> I saw your lever hack and said, “O dude!” California born and bred here. >> That’s a great addition to the bike tinkering knowledge base. I’m pretty >> sure I’ll use that in the mid to near future. I’d be honored to send you a >> free Bike Tinkers Union patch and sticker set for that idea. >> Pick what you want, and let me know: >> https://www.etsy.com/shop/philipwilliamson >> >> Philip >> Santa Rosa, CA >> On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 9:02:28 AM UTC-8 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> I am just about done putting this together and am really excited. I >>> purchased a 50cm frame from the garage sale section this summer. It is a >>> little smaller than what they would recommend for my 84 PBH, but given the >>> long top tube and my plan to use drop bars I felt pretty confident it would >>> work. I was attracted to the 26" wheeled Atlantis as such long running >>> model and I was interested in running the excellent 2.3" rat trap pass >>> tires. The other new thing I did was modify my TRP RRL levers to be used >>> with V-brakes. The strange shape of the lever allows an additional set of >>> holes to be drilled doubling the lever arm - it works great. I am still >>> experimenting with the stem lengths, but wanted to share my project. >> >> -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/215bcd12-cf28-463f-8b0c-3e7bc3238015n%40googlegroups.com.
