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Realistically they'd have to charge you a fortune to make it worth their while. They'll make a bit of money on the markup of the levers of course so to account for that you'd end up paying only marginally less for the machined bit than you would for the whole thing. Basically normal amount less those brake levers at trade price.
You never know though. Good luck.
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Realistically they'd have to charge you a fortune to make it worth their while
Why tho? If they machine the piece in bulk (which I assume they do) this would significantly bring the price down. I imagine the money they make is from the shifters. Even normal bar end shifters are £40+ for shimano 8 speed iirc. The total system price is still a lot given the levers and shifters arent that expensive in comparison
Turkish
That seems to be referring to the rubber on the brake lever (as well as the big chunk of plastic) but not the machined metal part that @Turkish and I are looking for. We're looking for the bit that they have bolted to the front of the lever blade so as to attach the shifter and sort out the housing. I'll drop them an email and see what they say.