Originally Posted by
Kontact
I doubt that sort of aluminum was affected much by the heat or bending. If anything, it is softer now rather than brittle.
But I would have asked what your plan for the clamp diameter was going to be had I seen this yesterday. Dia Compe made a straight bar lever using the road style lever bodies, so you could find some and rob the clamps or swap the levers on the bodies.
i have the straight bar diacompe levers and clamps I just didnt like the looks or the feel. They felt springy. I used the stock drillium drop bar levers and stock clamps and braking is perfect. What is the advantage of using the straight bar clamps? I admit I hadnt considered the clamps or held them up side by side. Thats a good point. I also thought about drilling a hole in the steel bars and welding the clamp nut to the bars and just attaching the levers that way over handlebar foam. I havent decided yet. So far so good.