calamander

I am looking for a shim for my tektro lever that fits a 26.0 bar, I want to put it on risers that are 22.2. I have tried electrical tape, reflector shims, but they all eventually move around. Do they make a shim for this?

I do have a lever that fits, but I change up my bars kind of frequently. This is the only bar I am having this problem with.

Thanks in advance.

illdthedj

beer can. no joke.

yummygooey

I use the rubber ones that come with lights and stuff.

Maybe a folded up busted inner tube will work, too. The aluminum can shim seems like it'd work, too, since that's what a lot of people use to shim their bars.

adamrice 

Yeah, I was going to recommend cutting up a beer can. Preferably Guinness.

Scrodzilla

This.

I've done it with a 24mm clamp lever though. Shimming 26mm down to 22.2 is going to take quite the shim.

muckymucky

i've used electrical tape and that holds up pretty well fitting 31.8mm lever on a 25.4mm bar~ what are you doing wrong?
are you wrapping the bar with enough passes to make it way bigger than what you need it to be so that it can have "clamp" to hold it down?

meow

pyze-guy

Get a handlebar shim from your lbs.

calamander

Yeah, this is the method I was thinking would be the most solid, but I wrapped 3 circumferences of a beer can and it still needed quite a bit more. I was worried that all those different pieces of alum might start to slip on one another

I used the ones that come w/reflectors (they look a lot like the ones that come w/ lights), but they still tend to move.

I was kinda surprised at the torque here, and maybe I am asking too much.

I know it seems sooo simple, but I have tried this dozens of time, and the electrical tape always slides on itself (and I made sure I wrapped in the right direction). My commute is through a river valley, so I have steep hills going and coming. I have stop lights coming off of steep downhills both ways. That along with railroad road tracks half way down, makes hard braking a must.

I have a 25.4 to 26, but I need those for the risers themselves!


I really appreciate everyones reply. I have a Raleigh that came with Tektro levers, and they had what appeared to be half a metal brake lever shim. So I thought I must be overlooking something. I was looking and looking, but not finding anything.

clmdr

cleanupinaisle3

Probably because you're putting your lever on the clamp area. The lever is not 31.8 mm. It's meant to fit a 31.8 mm bar BESIDE the clamp area. Big difference, really.

OP: Can you put the lever on the clamp area right beside the stem?

Squirrelli

31.8mm sized interrupt levers do exist though.

cleanupinaisle3

I couldn't be arsed to find one. I stuck my Cane Creek OS cross lever ride next to the stem, and just didn't clamp it down all the way. Put down a few layers of electrical tape to fill in any minute gaps. It's solid!