Originally Posted by
corrado33
You may want to check out noseless saddles if the nose of the saddle bothers you. The way you have your saddle now is going to put a lot of pressure on your hands/wrists. If that doesn't bother you, then great! But if your hands/wrists start hurting, your saddle is likely the reason.
I rode noseless for several years. Now I just use a large cutout, and keep the angle near what's in the later pic (lime green accented saddle).
What I want to know is how the heck did you manage to get that large of a grip that far onto the handlebars? That must have been a task and a half!
Wasn't easy...
I'll echo what others have said about the lever... definitely not what it was designed for, but it should work.
The LBS helped me measure the brake and pick out the lever, so I really didn't realize what I had till installing it. I'll keep it until I have problems with it.
Anyway, glad you got it working! Still riding fixed or have you switched to the freewheel side?
Still riding fixed. I much prefer my Marin or Giant for most riding, but the Dawes is very light and I plan on using it for short sprint-like rides. I might try flipping it for some rides.