Originally Posted by bonechilling
It's really easy to bend a BMX lever to fit around a
modern bar. Just put it in your vice to bend it, and
cover any distance with a longer screw.
Not recommended for Al parts. I had a brake lever fail from hijinks like this once, I basically only stopped because I was yarding on the whole brake assembly. Not cool.
Edit: the performance/nashbar cross levers are tektros/cane creeks, same thing comes up on ebay a lot too.