What would be the benefit over an actual dropper lever?
Dropper lever creativity
I recently picked up a funn dropper lever because it was a little cheaper than others i was looking at and looked high quality. The paddle is huge. I dont notice much difference while riding. Between that and the bolts it is a tad heavy but so far so good. And it looks nice with color options incase you care about that. The most interesting feature to me is the dual cable direction design. It has a grub screw pinch and a cut out shape to catch a cable end.
That made me realize a grub bolt pinch style lever could work with any style dropper. If the post also pinches the cable you could just pinch the cable at both ends and forgo use of the end cap side. I’m not saying this is optimal but could be done in a pinch.
take it a step further: anyone ever make a dropper lever out of old front shifter? Just spitballing an idea: remove the return spring and/or other internals to get rid of the indexing, then let’er rip. Or if you have a dropper that takes the cable end cap side, chop the end & run the cable out through the entry port on the shifter and secure it with a knurl.
Has anyone ever tried anything like this?
That made me realize a grub bolt pinch style lever could work with any style dropper. If the post also pinches the cable you could just pinch the cable at both ends and forgo use of the end cap side. I’m not saying this is optimal but could be done in a pinch.
take it a step further: anyone ever make a dropper lever out of old front shifter? Just spitballing an idea: remove the return spring and/or other internals to get rid of the indexing, then let’er rip. Or if you have a dropper that takes the cable end cap side, chop the end & run the cable out through the entry port on the shifter and secure it with a knurl.
Has anyone ever tried anything like this?
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Save a buck or two?
I like the OneUp dropper lever enough to pay for it. So far 5 times (between my GF’s bikes & my own..)
=sParty
I like the OneUp dropper lever enough to pay for it. So far 5 times (between my GF’s bikes & my own..)
=sParty
Every dropper I've bought came with a lever, seemed to work well enough.
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Its free, available as an emergency backup? Just throwing out an idea to see if anyone has experimented.What would be the benefit over an actual dropper lever?
but since you bring up utility… maybe it could better match the exact position of the right side thumb shifter. That would just satisfy my ocd a bit but admittedly i never notice the lack of exact symmetry on the trail.
mainly i just felt like chatting about an odd bike idea.
I broke one, overtightened it trying to remove the radial play. It wasn’t totally busted but cracked, which led to trying out the funn.Save a buck or two?
I like the OneUp dropper lever enough to pay for it. So far 5 times (between my GF’s bikes & my own..)
=sParty
My pnw and oneup did not.Every dropper I've bought came with a lever, seemed to work well enough.
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People have done the shifter lever thing - there are tutorials on youtube if you care to look. A few even used gripshift. These were experiments when droppers were a new thing. Now you can get a decent lever for less than $20 if it's not included.Has anyone ever tried anything like this?
Yes you can get a decent lever for less than $20.People have done the shifter lever thing - there are tutorials on youtube if you care to look. A few even used gripshift. These were experiments when droppers were a new thing. Now you can get a decent lever for less than $20 if it's not included.
But if you're picky & demanding, you may discover one specific lever that you consider so ergonomically ideal that you're unwilling to put up with any other lever.
That's what happened to picky & demanding me and the lever I'm unwilling to do without costs $50.
Damn.
Meanwhile by all means bring on the frankenlevers & experimental doo dads -- it's fun to whack stuff together in the garage.
=sParty
Well I did take the guts out of my SRAM Rival front brifter and converted it to a dropper lever when I converted my gravel bike to 1x. It now has a super sleek 125mm dropper and the ability to actuate it with my built in shifter. This is drop bar specific, but I guess its in the same spirit of not buying a dedicated dropper lever.
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