WTB: Left Campy Ergo Lever -- Broken OK!!

Hi,

I'm looking for a left Campagnolo Ergo lever of the modern flat-top
design. I plan to use this as a brake lever only and remove the
shifter lever and other parts, so it doesn't matter if the shifter
functionality is hosed. Only interested in something with a silver
brake lever (no carbon) and must be cosmetically good. Chorus
preferred, but open to anything if thge price is right!

Cheers and safe riding,

-Jack

Well, it's not quite the same but you could get a set of the new
Tektro/Cane Creek brake levers. They're very similar in design. If
you're going to keep a shifter in the right lever, it might be odd, but
if you're building a single/fixie, then a set of these levers will set
you back less than $30. I have them on my bikes and they're great--a
little fatter in the body than Campy Ergo, but very comfortable.
Nashbar and Icycles have them, among others.

Jack wrote:
Hi,

I'm looking for a left Campagnolo Ergo lever of the modern flat-top
design. I plan to use this as a brake lever only and remove the
shifter lever and other parts, so it doesn't matter if the shifter
functionality is hosed.

Well if it's functionally hosed it can be repaired so this might be
tough to find.

Only interested in something with a silver
brake lever (no carbon) and must be cosmetically good. Chorus
preferred, but open to anything if thge price is right!

Tektro levers, $29 and they look like Campagnolo ERGO w/o the
ergo...silver too-we have 'em.

Cheers and safe riding,

-Jack

Hi Andy,

Thanks for the tip, but ... Actually I've tried the Tektro Campy-copy
levers and also the Cane Creek short reach version. I wanted to like
them -- I really, really did -- but for this cyclist with smaller than
average hands the fat bodies were a total non-starter. The short reach
Cane Creeks strike me as a particularly boneheaded product -- let's
see, market a lever for small handed folks, bend the lever towards the
bar so's they can reach it and make the lever bodies so fat that they
can't get their hands around even if they forego gloves.

The Tektro/Cane Creek levers sure look great and the price is hard to
beat, but why couldn't they copy the lever body more faithfully? Both
of my sets are now in use on friend's bikes, where they seem very happy
(as do the friends).

So, anyone got a left Ergo lever to sell?

-Jack