vkonradi

I have a similar situation. ITM Mantis aluminum road drop bars with aero tops, 31.8mm clamp. Wish to add cross-style interrupter brakes. I bought one set of 31.8mm interrupter levers and and squeezed and hammered and vised their clamps into oval shapes. Came kinda close to matching the bar profile. But damn they were beat up and ugly by the time I finished. I might buy another set and do a cleaner job.


I like prototyping stuff and working metal. But maybe someone has a better idea?


My campy brifters have both brake and shifter cables routed in the hollow under the Mantis aero section. Do the brifters care what shape of bars? Can I mount them to any old round section handlebars and simply route the cables along the forward edge of the bars? And employ regular round clamp interrupter levers? That is what I should do, right? Thanks!