Dia-Compe 188 reverse brake levers
 

Anybody ever use these levers? Picked up a set from nashbar a while ago for dirt cheap and I'm finally getting around to using them but they don't fit inside the set of old north road bars I have.

They have a shim on the outside and two expanders on the inside. Is the outside shim just supposed to be used for larger / road bars?

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Found this picture of them without the shims:

http://www.oldbicyclejunk.com/zencar...Levers_MED.jpg

some 'upright' bars are not designed to take reverse lever. especially steel ones. I can't reall tell if the 'shim' is meant to come off but I suspect it is part of the lever. the expanders are meant to press that outward to wedge against the inside wall of the bar.

I've got them on my Peugeot conversion (to porteur bars)....I like them though pictures of some of the other brands make these seem a little lower end....regardless, they work well. Mated to MAFAC brakes I found it difficult to get the brakes adjusted so they work without excessive movement of the lever (ie. to the bar). I did eventually get there so I can recommend them.

Mine have plastic shims and I removed them to use them on upright bars. Since I had the bars and the levers it seemed easier to just try it myself rather than posting the question here.

Found a set of those guys at the Dump a couple of months ago, fitted to some bullhorn handlebars. Sold the whole works for thirty or forty bucks, as I recall and the levers were new. Have a look but I do not know how well they work or what they fit...

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