Originally Posted by bostontrevor
3. My levers are also a bit small to really be on the bar top, despite being advertised as such. Rather they fit over (clamp on, sweet!) the small diameter of the bar. When it's butted up to the full 26mm, that's a bit too fat to fit in the clamp. That's too bad because I really like to tuck my brake lever right up next to the stem. Ah well.
Same here--after I fiddled with it and removed some of the tape, I found that the bar narrowed further from the stem than I expected. SO the brake is a little further out than I would like. I'm probably going to change out the handlebars anyway, so...I shall tinker forth.