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Old 02-10-12 | 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by sailorbenjamin
Not really C+V but I sorta like the concept. You guys ever use these? They'd go on my Super Course, it's got Northroads bars.
I guess the hard part is finding them in silver (no black plastic on that bike) and not rigged for V brakes. Are there good ones and bad ones or are they like twist grips, thumbs down all around?
I tried a pair from an old MTB I've got kicking around but the gear indicator window part interfered with the curve of the bars. That and they were black.
If you want to move a little upmarket, look for the R440 "flat-bar" shifters. They're silver, and interchangeable with Shimano mountain shifters. They're shifters only, so you'll have to find brake levers, but I have them on my all-polished-silver recumbent and they look great.

http://aebike.com/product/shimano-r4...d4402-qc30.htm

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