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Those were the levers that Halfords fitted to my friend's bike with caliper brakes. Then they said that they replaced the brake cables but hadn't, they just cleaned the outers (they were the old ribbed type that aren't even in production any more). Then the misaligned the pads so that they scrubbed the tyre. Then they charged her £80 for the privilege of having worse brakes than when she went in. The worst thing was that it was the same Halfords where I used to be the bike mechanic. Sorry to threadjack.
It's a slightly ugly brake lever. If that bothers you it probably wouldn't be too hard to modify a nicer looking lever to fit onto a little alloy hinged clamp (like the kind people use for putting water bottle cages on their handlebars).