Forum | Brake Lever replacement

Gentlemen, having never been that keen on Pashleys choice of brake levers… Any chaps have any replacement suggestions ?

… would these fit/work do you think ? (I cant recall the Guv’nor handle bar width, though i do have some nitto bars on my fixed bicycle, so could use on that if they were wrong)

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/dia.….prod18262/

thank you gentlemen MGcC

Dear MGcC,

the diameter of the handlebars at my Guvnor is 22.2mm, so as Mr. Fossil pointed out already those levers will not fit.

But you might have a look at these: http://www.theoldbicycleshowro.….2115-p.asp

or these: http://www.theoldbicycleshowro.….2114-p.asp

Kind regards from Germany,

Topper-Hardy

Spot on Topper, thank you sir .…

… are they difficult to fit, i have no experience of this type of levers, (all my tinkering over the years has been on drop road levers, brakes etc) ?

Thanks again MGcC

MGcC.….…..I think you will find the original equipment Guv’nor brake cables are Sturmey Archer.

Front (900mm) HSK 730 and rear (1600mm) HSK 738. 

http://www.sjscycles.com  carry a good range of SA parts and provide excellent mail order service.

Safe rides, ‘One & All’.

DW

MGcC.….…..yes, as Captain Mainwaring would say.…… “well done, just checking to see if you were paying attention”. 

My typo, I did mean HSK 736.

DW. 

To be honest Bigsby old chap, I’ve changed my mind about them for the time being, I’ve decided to use them on my single speed instead (which has truly terrible tektro brakes, which are now almost unusable) so I’m putting in some new cables as well to try and improve things for the winter…