Fitting a BMX Brake lever on to 26.0 bars - London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

CheBeef · 7th August 2008

Howdee,

I'm interested in fitting some Dia Compe BMX brake levers to a 26.0 handlebar.

So attaching this:

To this:

Es possib-le? Obviously the clamp size on the lever is much smaller 22.0, is there a way of getting around this. Or how is a BMX lever attached to a 26.0 handlebar.

Nice.

gizmond · 7th August 2008

EDit: Just read the question again, have you actually tried this yet? Your will find it fits perfectly to the 26mm bulge.

CheBeef · 7th August 2008

Na, I was looking for confirmation either way before I purchased a brake lever.

I see what you mean though, the bulge is 26.0, would the rest of the bar then be 22.0?

philxthomas · 7th August 2008

I dunno like, i have 2 bmx levers attached to 2 different handlebars, both 26mm clamp (the bars) and neither fit. I had to file out the centre of the lever clamp to get them on there.

Scrapper · 7th August 2008

the leavers come with a two piece shim so they will fit any bar

the-smiling-buddha · 7th August 2008

is that a dirty harry lever in mauve?

philxthomas · 7th August 2008

Might have been the levers I have then. What about odyssey monolevers?

gizmond · 7th August 2008

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Originally Posted by the-smiling-buddha

is that a dirty harry lever in mauve?

Its called a Dirt Harry, not dirty, and I believe its what they call purple, where is this 'mauve' of which you speak? :-)

Dirt Harry and Goldfinger both have really big, hinged opening and fit much wider bars than most of the tekro's and stuff, they come with shims for thinner bars

whatfriends · 7th August 2008

the newer dirt harry levers which are powder coated dont come with a shim and made with the smaller clamp size so im told, so unless you get one of those rare Negative Shims or a slightly older lever you may have probs.

gizmond · 7th August 2008

For all your...

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Flex · 8th August 2008

The diacomp levers are really heavy duty and there's space inside the clamp to remove enough metal to make them fit. If you have them sanding drums in a pillar drill make the work easy.

CheBeef · 8th August 2008

Hey Gizmund, the levers i'm talking about must be the new model as the web site specifies 22.0 clamp.

I might just swerve these if i've got to start filling, although I' think the purple would go well with my conversion.

philxthomas · 8th August 2008

i just used a rats tail on mine, 10 mins filing, not too bad

CheBeef · 8th August 2008

only 10 mins, doesn't sound bad. If it's that quick I'll give it ago, where did you get your rat?

philxthomas · 8th August 2008

Pet shop/sewer.

Bobfix · 8th August 2008

File option is good. I've done it with a Dirt Harry and a 13mm parallel round file. You wouldn't know it wasn't bought like that

philxthomas · 8th August 2008

So does that Paul-E Lever have a larger clamp to fit road bars? I would get it if it was £40. How can it cost so much?

7th August 2008	#1
CheBeef	Fitting a BMX Brake lever on to 26.0 bars Howdee, I'm interested in fitting some Dia Compe BMX brake levers to a 26.0 handlebar. So attaching this: To this: Es possib-le? Obviously the clamp size on the lever is much smaller 22.0, is there a way of getting around this. Or how is a BMX lever attached to a 26.0 handlebar. Nice. Last edited by CheBeef; 7th August 2008 at 11:27.. Reason: bypassing grammer and spelling police!
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7th August 2008	#4
philxthomas	I dunno like, i have 2 bmx levers attached to 2 different handlebars, both 26mm clamp (the bars) and neither fit. I had to file out the centre of the lever clamp to get them on there. Last edited by philxthomas; 7th August 2008 at 15:48..
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7th August 2008	#2
gizmond	EDit: Just read the question again, have you actually tried this yet? Your will find it fits perfectly to the 26mm bulge.
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7th August 2008	#5
Scrapper	the leavers come with a two piece shim so they will fit any bar
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7th August 2008	#6
the-smiling-buddha	is that a dirty harry lever in mauve?
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7th August 2008	#9
whatfriends	the newer dirt harry levers which are powder coated dont come with a shim and made with the smaller clamp size so im told, so unless you get one of those rare Negative Shims or a slightly older lever you may have probs.
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8th August 2008	#11
Flex	The diacomp levers are really heavy duty and there's space inside the clamp to remove enough metal to make them fit. If you have them sanding drums in a pillar drill make the work easy.
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8th August 2008	#16
Bobfix	File option is good. I've done it with a Dirt Harry and a 13mm parallel round file. You wouldn't know it wasn't bought like that
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