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From: Central Maryland
Bikes: 1949 Hercules Kestrel, 1950 Norman Rapide, 1970 Schwinn Collegiate, 1972 Peugeot UE-8, 1976 Raleigh Sports, 1977 Raleigh Sports, 1977 Jack Taylor Tandem, 1984 Davidson Tandem, 2010 Bilenky "BQ" 650B Constructeur Tandem, 2011 Linus Mixte
Installing Drop Levers on Small Diameter Handlebar
I am in the process of swapping the porteur handlebar on my Peugeot to a dropbar that I have laying around the basement and which I received from rhm a few months back. Because the diameter of the bar (22.2mm) is too small for the clamp on the lever (23.8mm), it will not tighten sufficiently. Here are my questions:
- Can I safely shim the levers?
- Can a piece of inner tube be used as a shim, assuming it is safe to do so?
- If inner tube is not suggested for shim material, what else could be used for a shim?
Thanks folks!
Last edited by photogravity; 08-19-12 at 02:19 PM.