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Old 04-16-17, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by mountaindave
I'm going for right under the hand with the shift levers so my wife doesn't have to move hands to shift, but the thought has crossed my mind to scavenge some old single-lever stem-mount shifters and use them on the bar...
Might work, but the stem where shifters usually clamp is 7/8" (22.2mm) diameter. You're back to where you started with an undersize clamp. A steel clamp might "stretch" with an extra-long screw.
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