Do FSA Vision Base Bars require the Vision brake levers or can you use any brake levers?

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Do FSA Vision Base Bars require the Vision brake levers or can you use any brake levers?

On the Excel Sports Boulder website it says:

"Please note: this bar accepts Vision brake levers only. The mounting diameter is slightly smaller than the Cane Creek levers."

Has anyone used other levers on those bars? I have the Blackwell (I think the same as Cane Creek/Textro) levers.

I was going to cut off the upturned ends and I wonder if that makes any difference as well?

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my wife just got a qr seduza with the vision base bar and tektro levers. they fit fine.

the syntace levers, however, would not fit into them (we tried with a set i had lying around).

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You can use the Cane Creek carbon levers. They will fit very tight but they will fit.

Sergio

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I just got a new ride with Vision base bars and Bontrager levers and they work great.

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I have 'em, and my profile designs levers work just fine.

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this may not be recommended or safe. You may die if you try this. Don’t sue me as I have no money. seriously.

I fit my diacompe 188s in there by taking off the silver expander plug (unsure of technical name). I couldn’t see any way to get them in there w/o that modification. I’ve had no problems with mine though. I know the cervelos come stock with that set up.

Dan
www.aiatriathlon.com

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Yes, you can use other brands
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The FSA levers have an external clamping system with a 22.2mm ID. They will therefore only fit the Vision bars (22.2mm OD). With a special adapter they will fit onto regular aero bars (24mm OD)

Most other tri/TT brake systems use an internal clamping system. As long as the clamping mechanism fits inside the bar, it will work.

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I use my 188’s

jaretj
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Vision requires only his brake levers on the complete Vision aerobar, the one that comes base bar, stem and extensions one in one piece. In the other Vision products, like the bas bar only, you can use the brake levers that you want.

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Yes, you can use other brands

I’m trying to get my Blackwell levers in and they won’t go. For those of you who installed them yourselves, what did you do to get them to fit because the inside diameter of the bars is smaller than the outside diameter of the brake lever expansion plug.