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The handlebar grips are not wooden, they're rubber. These 'Shockstop' grips were quite widely used in the past, and as you may be able to see from the picture they were a good quality product. This pair are not very old - I can't perfectly remember the story, but I think Doug Pinkerton had some made and these came from him.
The other pic shows the Resilion brake conversion. These brakes do have their problems, and the cables are a real nuisance. They can be made up, but it's expensive and the new cables are usually not quite as good as the originals. This conversion overcomes the problem and can be done with stock parts. The other end of the straddle cable is held with a solderless nipple, so all you need are two standard pear nipple inner cables, a bit of outer, a centre pull hanger, the solderless nipple and a couple of springs - I used Campag rear fork end adjuster springs.
The front roadster style brake does work, but you would need courage to rely on this alone.
Originally I imagined I was the first person to think of this, but it turns out this was quite a well known bodge in the past.
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That’s really nice. Those wooden(?) bar ends? What’re they like to use?