Maro

I just purchased a Fuji touring, and I love it.
One problem though: It has the tiagra STI shifters / brake levers, and a second set of small brake levers in the front of the handle bar. Because of this I can not attach my handlebar bag, or even a light .
Is any way to remove them, as the STI levers are more then enough?. Only one cable goes to the brakes...

Thanks for your replies.

mijome07

Just angle the brake levers down.

mijome07

I've since angled the lights further down, but this will give you an idea of what I'm talking about.

cp43

Those levers shouldn't be too hard to remove. They use the same cable as the brakes in your STI levers though, so you will need new housings.

Once you get the new housing you'll need to undo the cables from the brakes, and untape your bars. You should see that there are two sets of housing, one from the STI levers to the other levers, and one from there to the brakes.

Pull the housing off of the cables and unbolt the interrupter levers from your bars. For each brake take the two pieces of old housing (one from the STI, to the interrupter, and the one from the interrupter on) and cut a piece of new housing a little longer than those two together. Leave some extra, you can always trim, but you can't put it back on.

Slide the new housing over the cables, make sure it is seated all the way in to the STI lever. Tape the housing to the bars with some electrical tape so they stay in place, then re-wrap your bars.

It's not very complicated, if all of the above doesn't make sense you should be able to figure it out if you take it apart.

Good luck,

Chris

cyccommute 

Many bags have extension kits that can be used to push the bag out further. It's an option to look into before you take the interrupter brakes off.

One thing cp43 didn't make clear is that you'll have to remove the STI levers to get the interrupters off. You'll also need to release the cable from the brakes and refeed the cables through the new housing then reconnect (and adjust) the brakes.

This would be a good time to add some amenities to the bike. If you want gel pads under the tape, this is a good time to do it. I'd add inline cable adjusters to the brakes (very handy), too. An inline adjuster to the front derailer is nice too. If you wanted you could also add noodles to the STI to route the cables away from the bag to give you more room without interference.

norwood

As far as lights are concerned, have you considered a different location? Lower perhaps.

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rogerstg

You probably won't need to get new housings or retape your bars. Usually you can just put an in-line cable adjuster in place of the brake lever.

cyccommute 

Sorry but to get the interrupter levers off, you have to remove the tape, release the brakes and remove the STI levers. That means that you will have to retape the bars. You can sometimes reuse the old tape depending on whether the tape has adhesive backing (much less likely to be reusable) or not.

Whether or not you need new cable housing or if an in-line adjuster can be used, depends on where the interrupter levers are on the bars and where the cable housing is cut.

desertdork

This would be true if the OP's interrupters don't have hinged mounting brackets. My Salsa and Tektro levers are hinged.

I'd go this route if I was doing this on my bike (with hinged interrupters).

cyccommute 

I haven't looked at the interrupters in a while but most of the ones I've seen in the past aren't hinged.

Raiden

The brake lever clamps on my Touring are hinged.

I had no problem mounting a handlebar bag in front of my levers- however, I've recently ditched my handlebar bag and put on a Jandd 'extreme' front rack (the style with a shelf on top) in its place.

I like the extra hand position that interrupters provide.

Maro

Anyway, thanks for ideas.
I will take them down, as with a touring bike I do not think you need to use your brakes so often to justify more than one pair of levers.