Carabo

Weinmann/Rigida DP18's

paulwwalters

That looks like a bar-mounted butt pincher.

ak1

the lever on the soma sticks out over the right side of the bars just as much as a paul lever would mounted the normal way. if it's functional then who cares?

And you or someone was going off on the pake with the sparrow bars a few pages back. while I agree that the best placement would be towards the ends of the bars, if he wants it near the stem it would have to be reversed otherwise there wouldn't be enough clearance given the forward sweep.

jpdesjar

where can you just buy the weinmann rims?

Jabba Degrassi

First of all "I like your bike, fix your brake lever" hardly constitutes "going off" on someone. Second of all, he at least listened to reason.

If he wants to brake with his right hand, he should mount it properly on the right-hand side. End of story. It's not like being able to reach it from even farther away from the stem would make it less functional. There's no reason to mount it backwards.

straws papers

https://www.thebikebiz.com/Dia_Compe_...-lvr-dia01.htm

I found that double dia compe lever but it's 60 bucks. F!

deathhare

Its a small price to pay for the ultimate jackass brake lever in history.

triplesixer

I'm coming for one of your frames, deathhare. I'm halfway saved up.

deathhare

Sounds good.
I'm about to get one for me too.

triplesixer

They are so sexy. Spendy, but so creamtastic.

deathhare

What color?
Cause thats the only thing holding me up.
Too many choices makes it hard.

triplesixer

Green apple, luster green, or mango orange... but the classic white with gold is hot too.
What about you?

corter

you understand you're arguing a brake on a track bike, right? so you can forget using "proper" at all.

there is absolutely nothing wrong about the way my lever is set up unless you're talking aesthetics. it's not going to fall off, it works perfect, i can reach it just as easy and with BOTH hands if i need to, and it allows me more room on the bars for control. leave it alone man, your bantering isn't going to magically flip it around

deathhare

Im leaning toward metallic silver but love the apple. Ive had the green apple already and have a white (non-panasonic) bike or id go for the white too.
You know you can get the fork in a different color if you want too.

ak1

Here's a reason (though I don't necessarily assume that it it his): Someone rides with their hands next to the stem and wants maximum leverage. With the lever mounted like that you can get better leverage while keeping your hands next to the stem.

That's a reason to mount it backwards. Therefore what you said is false. If you want to convince people of your point you should avoid saying false things.

triplesixer

You're right though, they are all so hot. Too many choices. Do you run the distro for those frames?

solbrothers

that is perfect

deathhare

What do you mean run it?
We order it straight from Panasonic when you order it.

kobetsang

deathhare

That looks like a nice bike but why is the saddle slid so far forward?

iloveboston

ill fitting top tube?

Otis

andre nickatina

my KHS in work bike mode. and that's not me in the 2nd picture btw...
new bike corral installed today downtown.

krusty

@kobetsang - Really nice looking bike. But as others have pointed out, your seat seems out of place. Your seatpost extension and relatively short stem don't seem to bear out the need for such a forward placement.

Sixty Fiver

Otis - That is a great looking bike.