just got my Ebay specials in the mail today and noticed (someone else mentioned it earlier too) that bar end shifters will not just slide right in. So I’m wondering…do I bring the inside diameter of the bars down or do I bring the outside diameter of the shifters down? My thinking is go with the shifters to save the integrity of the bars.
bump before it hits page 2…and before I go to work tonight and make the changes.
If they do not fit because of a ridge inside of the tubing i would Dremel that ridge out,You can modify the expanders on the bar end shifters to allow then to close more,sometimes you can take a round bastard file and remove material allowing the segmets to have a smaller outside dia,or you can have the outside of the segmets turned or sanded down,i know this make no sense,so i might have to explain it again,let me know
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I took my shifters down, worked well.
There are three wedged shaped spacers. Put these together with piece of round stock in middle, turned them down on the lathe. If you do not access to a lathe I’m sure sanding,filling will work…
it totally made sense to me…which would be better…filing the inside or the outside of those segments? I’m sure both methods would do what I expect them to do…just wondering which would be better for maintaining proper alingment.
sweet…another Softrider using Angel bars. Looking at them now though they seem to drop a heck of a lot more than I’m used to…wishing now I had a bit more steerer to work with.
Yea, that bar is Long & Low. I had to replace the arm pads as well. I was bruized for week after Wildflower…
If you have any problems with you shifters feel free to give me call.
1 800 55 softride
No need to replace these pads…came with aftermarket CeeGee pads (I used them on my Cornas and loved them…so sweetened the deal that much more for them to come with). Thanks for the offer on the help, we’ll see how things go tonight at the shop…sure wish we had a lathe now.
I use an old bushing that all three wedges fit inside of and drill out the center. This allows them to sqeeze down a little more. I had to drill the side of the bushing so I could insert a pin to keep the wedges from spinning inside the bushing. Use a brake cylinder hone to clean up the inside of the Cinelli bars.
Jay
i am not sure how close the pieces are to fitting but filing or drilling out the center of the segments might be faster is you do not need to remove much material,you can put each part of the segment in a vise and file a little on each one,its aluminum so it will go quickly,or hold the file, take the piece of segment in your hand and run it across the file,I guess i should collect a bunch of then, modify then then offer a trade, yours for ones already modified,Let me know if you need any help,i have a machine shop in my garage!
an aftermarket small parts modification shop…dude…that is so a plan
gonna go to work and give it a go…might try using a hose clamp to keep the wedges in line and try drilling out the centers by the next size up and see how that goes…fit is pretty close as it is…might need to lightly hone the edge of the expanded wedge a hair too…that might be the deciding fix…I’ll report back if I am unable to get it right. That mod business plan might really fly too…nothing like having it done right with the right tools.
Went back to the dungeon… the ID of the bushing is .750 inches. The drill is 13/32" but a 7/16" will do the job. Need to run a pin or screw through the side of the bushing to keep the wedges from spinning and a vise really keeps the whole operation orderly.
hiya ridesign
taped a piece of emery cloth to a 5/16th drill bith and ran it really slow in a drill…seems the finish on the inside of the bars (who goes to that kind of detail anyway?) was just enough to keep the bar end shifters from sliding in…once cleared out a bit they went in fine. Now I can’t seem to get the suckers tight enough to keep from spinning. Swapped them out for the drop bar/Corna set up I had been using last night. Hoohaaaa they feel sweet. Noticably lower but not uncomfortably so. A lor stiffer feeling that’s for sure. Wish it weren’t scheduled to rain all week or I’d take them for a real test ride. I guess I have all winter to test ride them on my trainer huh? Still think I might like to try the Vision Tech base/clipon bar combination but I’m pretty happy with this set up. My first one piece aero bar since…my 1987 Scott DH bars (memories, misty water coloured memories…)
Don’t know about the spinning… but I’ll have to find the picture of the Scotts on my '90 Falcon when I foolishly did Seattle to Portland in '91 in one day… (200 miles) ouch, didn’t know any better at the time. Bike fit, yeah right. Love the Angels though.