Originally Posted by
etherhuffer
Small point. We called shifters on the stem suicide levers or nut snatchers. The brake levers are "turkey wings" in our locale. I unlike many loved those and now use interrupters instead. Same idea, braking from the tops. But turkey wings flex a lot, so less stopping power.go ahead and use the racks, but if you trash one you will hate yourself! Those are rare!
I've heard them called suicide levers, because in an emergency if you grab them real hard you may not stop in time!
