[RBW] Re: Choco bar / brake lever advice?

2022-03-03 Thread Dave S
I do own one of these but that specific picture was "borrowed" from a current eBay auction. Dave On Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 5:04:26 PM UTC-5 iamkeith wrote: > >> >> This is the stock set up for the 1994 Schwinn Criss Cross. >> >> > Fascinating. Is that yours, or a picture from the web? I

[RBW] Re: Choco bar / brake lever advice?

2022-03-03 Thread iamkeith
Thanks, that's good to keep in mind. Thanks for reminding me of the "guidonnet" term, too. On Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 5:59:14 PM UTC-7 Kainalu V. -Brooklyn NY wrote: > If you want a weird idea for reach adjustment- > https://groups.google.com/g/rbw-owners-bunch/c/l-lWV_Sk5b0/m/1TJk4jbca2gJ

[RBW] Re: Choco bar / brake lever advice?

2022-03-03 Thread Kainalu V. -Brooklyn NY
If you want a weird idea for reach adjustment- https://groups.google.com/g/rbw-owners-bunch/c/l-lWV_Sk5b0/m/1TJk4jbca2gJ It worked (for reach adjustment, not as a lamp) -Kai On Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 9:42:32 PM UTC-5 iamkeith wrote: > Does anyone have any experience with these L-shaped Dia

[RBW] Re: Choco bar / brake lever advice?

2022-03-03 Thread iamkeith
> > > This is the stock set up for the 1994 Schwinn Criss Cross. > > Fascinating. Is that yours, or a picture from the web? I wonder how that worked. I think I'm going to try it with Joes , with the mount being forward and shimmed as required to fit the bar, and will report back. -- You

[RBW] Re: Choco bar / brake lever advice?

2022-03-03 Thread Joe Bernard
Good catch, Bill. Yep, mine are 23.8 and I think the Porteur bars I was going to use must have been, too..I didn't remember that either came in that size. Whoops! Joe Bernard On Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 9:49:50 AM UTC-8 Bill Lindsay wrote: > Joe and Keith > > Make sure between yourselves th

[RBW] Re: Choco bar / brake lever advice?

2022-03-03 Thread Bill Lindsay
Joe and Keith Make sure between yourselves that the clamp diameter and bar diameter match. The brakelevers pictured in the OP were probably 23.8mm (what Patrick Moore correctly referred to as "road levers"). The Choco bars that Keith is trying to fit will want a 22.2mm clamp diameter. If Joe

[RBW] Re: Choco bar / brake lever advice?

2022-03-03 Thread iamkeith
Thanks so much, Joe. I'll send you a PM. It does look like these might work. On Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 9:58:12 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: > Keith, > > I have these levers, bought from V-O to use with their Porteur bars but > never got as far as hooking cables to brakes (I must have so