Originally Posted by
LesterOfPuppets
Those bars should be 23.8. Usually the best method without calipers or micrometer is to wrap a strip of paper around the bar. Mark it, measure it to find circumference. Divide that by pi to arrive at radius.
BUT it looks like you have the brake levers right there, its a go/nogo situation. Pull a grip, and try to put one of those brake levers on. As others have noted ergonomics will be terrible, but if the shoe fits... Keep in mind that even if it fits on the end, it might not get past the bends, depending on the clamp type.
In other news, is that a thumbshifter for rear shift duties?
I found my calipers, took me a while to get the calipers working. I get a reading of 23.82.... Yea, it was a nogo, However, I did not try to “force” them on. I have rubber, wood hammers, dead blows.....they come close to going on.......
I was only fooling with this while I was waiting on hooded levers, whichCartecay Bike Shop ordered and expects to arrive today or tomorrow...I hate not being able to ride my bike! Although there are advantages to trying to maintain a constant pace on the recumbent!
Yes, my bike has a 12 speed SRAM Eagle group set,
no front ring! It is a MicroShift 12 speed thumb shifter, viewable on Youtube. I also have a MicroShift bar end shifter, which I bought in case the thumb shifter would not slide on the drop bars. I did a “review” of the MicroShift shifters which garnered quite a few comments! They are very reliable/adjustable.....