Comments on: Way cool Wald bars http://kentuckybicycling.com/02/2008/way-cool-wald-bars/ Todd Van Campen on average-guy commuter bicycling Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:31:30 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jason Nunemaker http://kentuckybicycling.com/02/2008/way-cool-wald-bars/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Jason Nunemaker Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:42:51 +0000 http://kentuckybicycling.com/02/2008/way-cool-wald-bars/#comment-72 Drat, Todd, now you've got me thinking about cheating on my beloved Nitto 115 drops. Very classic look there, with just a hint of "I'm a cool fixie punk" thrown in. Wonder if a drop-bar brake lever (perhaps with some creative shim-work) would work on the curved portion. For $16, I might just have to find out. (Kids, don't try this at home...) <blockquote>Jason, thanks! I am not certain about the drop-bar levers -- now I'm wishing I would have checked for myself before the tape job. Let me know how it goes if you do try it. Or how about trying out <a href="http://www.velo-orange.com/siinbrle.html" rel="nofollow">some of those way-cool bar-end brake levers?</a> I am thinking that these levers might be the last outpost on the frontier of middle-aged-bike-guy hipsterism.</blockquote> Drat, Todd, now you’ve got me thinking about cheating on my beloved Nitto 115 drops. Very classic look there, with just a hint of “I’m a cool fixie punk” thrown in.

Wonder if a drop-bar brake lever (perhaps with some creative shim-work) would work on the curved portion. For $16, I might just have to find out. (Kids, don’t try this at home…)

Jason, thanks! I am not certain about the drop-bar levers — now I’m wishing I would have checked for myself before the tape job. Let me know how it goes if you do try it. Or how about trying out some of those way-cool bar-end brake levers? I am thinking that these levers might be the last outpost on the frontier of middle-aged-bike-guy hipsterism.

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