Originally Posted by
SwimmerMike
That's a cool little trick. I had debated trying to figure out a way to keep the brake levers from closing all the way. I don't think my wife would like the look of the gap, but I can see it being very useful in determining how far the levers need to move in before doing a permanent modification to the handles.
The gap ends up being very small and is not really noticeable. Here are the levers after doing this.