I believe that aluminum bars that will take bar end shifters will also accept
bar end brakes. Some will argue that 22.2mm aluminum bars that take bar end
shifters are such thin wall at the end that they may be too weak for bar end
brakes. Nitto is particularly conservative about strength of their
products...and I appreciate this!
However...
My personal datapoint on this is that I have heat-treated aluminum 58mm Bosco
bars (22.2mm OD) on my Bombadil, fitted with bar end and interrupter brake
levers. I ride it as a mountain bike and a fully loaded camping bike, and I've
had no problems in about 2 years of use. (Knock wood.)
cheers,Andrew in Oz
From: Garth <[email protected]>
To: RBW Owners Bunch <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 9:30 AM
Subject: [RBW] Re: Billie Bar Double Up lever‽
Billie bars are aluminum and unless you used the smaller than normal
Dia-Compe bar end levers, standard bar end levers not only won't fit, but
because of the very thin Al thickness of a 22.2 bar, not a great idea. I have
bar end levers on my 56cm. steel Alba bars, and when I bought some 55cm. Al
ones the bar end levers wouldn't fit. I emailed Nitto and they replied to NOT
put bar end brake levers in 22.2 Al bars due to the lesser strength of the thin
Al. Steel bars are fine, as are any 23.8 Al bar.
Bummer ....
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