Originally Posted by bostontrevor
http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/f/thomas.htm
You might disagree. Me, I think it's flair when that cable whips up like that. It's an accent on the solid sleek lines of the bike. I can appreciate 'em both ways. (incidentally, I tend to think that aero routed cables are not so sexy--though my own dropbar brake is an aerobrake)
Obviously you may disagree.
Yeah, I can see what you're getting at, sort of a finial. BUT, the dummy-lever is a no-go in my book: its aesthetic shortcomings far outstrip its meager functionality. Slavish devotion to symmetry is riccockulous.