I just set up the Prez with road bars, and I am wondering... Anybody come up with a cleaver use for the dummy brake?

A bell!
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You could hook it up to a water bottle and when you squeezed the brake, it would send water into your mouth.

Rig it to fire dual airsoft pistols mounted to either side of your helmet.

that's cool but the bar tape is on backwards on the left side ... I like the bell rig though, very cool

Ooh, as many times as I've seen this picture, I never noticed that there was a bell there. Cool!

After watching that video of the people on bikes dumping paint onto the intersection (to make cars "paint"), I've thought it would be very interesting to rig up a canister of colored chalk near the rear wheel. Brake lever could open the canister releasing a bit of chalk and painting a path behind you.

Another option would be a rear brakelight. Ideally something with a push/pull style activation so you don't have to really wire anything.

How about rigging it to turn on your **********?

oof.

That would mean first turning it off.










I vote for bell. Or air horn.

levers + delta air-zound!

link?

Rig it to a mechanical vuvuzela. Sqrl's will know what's up when you roll on by.

hold up, a second brake.

You are crazy. Next you'll suggest we design a rear cog that lets the wheel spin when the cranks aren't. You can call it...the crank/wheel syncopator.

On second that, that's my idea. Dibs.

YOu could also hook up both levers to the same brake. Not sure how well it will work or feel, but it is worth a shot.
wtf are you smoking? The chainring should spin when the cranks aren't

Actually, the bar tape is wrapped on both sides from top to bottom (as opposed to bottom to top) to avoid having to use some sort of plastic tape to finish off the wrap. That's how I've been wrapping all of my bars for years. It's a much cleaner look and contrary to popular belief, the edges don't roll up easily and by the time they do, it's time to replace the grip tape anyway.

Isn't it also the traditional way with cloth tape+shellac?

Shimano Front Freewheel is the new fixie. You heard it here first!

ftfy

Maybe. But, I've seen cloth tape wrapped from the bottom up then finished off with twine for about 1.5-2cm then knotted.

https://prollyisnotprobably.com/beaut...icycles/25.php

Or 2 inches:

https://johnprolly.blogspot.com/2008/03/shellac.html

https://youtu.be/N1AHBZybjW4 Obviously paint would be a bit too destructive. I'm thinking more along the lines of a 2liter full of that chalk they use to paint lines, with the intent of using your own tire rather than others.