Handlebar/ brake lever query

probably a stupidly easy answer to this but i just got some new flat bars and there slightly thinner than my last bars so now my brake lever clamp id ever so too big and wont tighten. Any suggestions of a good way to remedy this? A shimmy made from a coke can, does that actually work?

cheers

yes, it's a bit barbaric, but it works.

it does work if it's thin enough...how much thinner are the bars?

You don't need a coke can strip, just use a bit from an old innertube or something.

not much thinner at all just a mm but im trying to clamp them on the angle of some riser bars ive cut down so its a weird shape to fix onto, think innertube could work ill give it a bash. cheers.

on my bike i used bartape

i second inner tube.

Conan some riser bars ive cut down.

did u measure them correctly? I took about 3cm too much often a pair this morning. I think it was out of anger.

yeah well first time ive riden risers on a fix so kinda guessing for now how i want em. they were massive originally, but probably shave em a bit more once i get a feel for em

make 'em no smaller than your arse, if the bars won't get through that gap..............

WHERE exactly are you sticking your bars 31trum? :S

hahaha

31trum make 'em no smaller than your arse, if the bars won't get through that gap..............

lernt that they hard way, when i got my shoulders squeezed bewtten anumber 25 buss and a lory

vegansdontneedshoulders

Lucky it was just your shoulders, sounds scary

yeah, i had to scrunch well up and hope they dont start moveing.