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  • Reverb lever and turning bike on it's head…
  • samjgeorge86
    Free Member

    Ok – So I’ve just fitted a new reverb (finally), but it has just come to me…
    How do I turn my bike upside down? ie: fixing a flat, or taking the wheels off?
    What are others do? How do you go about these simple things with the button mounted?
    Left lever, mounted on the left.

    scaredypants
    Full Member

    Stop it – you’ll make Al cross !

    (seems everybody uses the “wrong” side lever and puts it on upside down – I don’t have a reverb though, so this is hearsay)

    pbooker1995
    Free Member

    Mount it underneath on the opposite side.

    rickmeister
    Full Member

    Rh lever, under the bars, left side…

    Should sort the problem and save you the £80 + replacement cost…

    Must be a picture of this somewhere ..

    iainc
    Full Member

    i have a left, upside down on the right

    samjgeorge86
    Free Member

    I wanted left on the left to matchmaker with my elixir brakes. Have mates who have ridden with right on the left but not keen on it personally.
    I’m guessing there is little I can do then really? Other than whip the wheels off with the bike upright..?

    Speeder
    Full Member

    Careful, there will be someone along in a minute to tell you that you’re wrong to turn your bike upside down like that.

    simondbarnes
    Full Member

    There is no need to ever turn your bike upside down

    samjgeorge86
    Free Member

    Speeder – Member
    Careful, there will be someone along in a minute to tell you that you’re wrong to turn your bike upside down like that.

    Haha – Yeah I’ve seen that crop up on here before.. 😆

    chvck
    Free Member

    I just turn it upside down, the lever doesn’t seem to be very bothered.

    jimpy
    Free Member

    put riding shoes on floor, turn bike over, rest bars on shoes. job done !!

    samjgeorge86
    Free Member

    I like that idea… I like it very much! Cheers jimpy! 🙂

    Nobeerinthefridge
    Free Member

    And when it’s raining? 😳

    mcnultycop
    Full Member

    Buy KS Lev.
    Buy Southpaw

    Admittedly not a cheap solution.

    andyl
    Free Member

    Get a big bell and mount it next to the reverb remote.

    Buy KS Lev.
    Buy Southpaw

    Admittedly not a cheap solution.

    Or very effective if you have the right amount of gears on your bike…

    jimpy
    Free Member

    nobeerinthefridge – man up, if it’s raining things are going to get wet. guessing there’s no beer in your fridge because it’s full of organic fat free yogurts 😉

    funkhouser
    Free Member

    I have a left hand lever, mounted on the left hand side – but it’s mounted upside down and operated with index finger. Works a treat.

    samjgeorge86
    Free Member

    I like the way it’s mounted, and have only just bought it, so not jumping at the idea of buying a KS lev to be honest 😉
    The shoes sound like a good idea, and yeah, when it’s raining, I’m wet already.. So that matters not 🙂

    trambler
    Full Member

    The shoe thing works or just use uneven ground. Not managed to mangle my remote in 3yrs or so.

    simon1975
    Full Member

    Someone actually makes the very product you need in your life. May I introduce the Flipstand:

    http://hiplok.com/bike-locks/spares-and-accessories/flipstand-workstation

    Obviously a pair of shoes and an old shirt will do job almost as well.

    samjgeorge86
    Free Member

    Some people think of everything eh!

    deadkenny
    Free Member

    I have seen a few posts of the “I snapped my reverb lever” kind relating to flipping it upside down, but whether it’s that common I don’t know. I just did what everyone said and mounted a RH under the left. It’s a perfect position for my thumb I find.

    In my case I’m running 1×10 and the lever fits very neatly to the clamp of the left brake lever (X0).

    jaffejoffer
    Free Member

    i might buy one of them flip stands so i can see where it came from then go round and kick em in the shins.

    robinlaidlaw
    Free Member

    Mount it underneath on the opposite side.

    This

    There is no need to ever turn your bike upside down

    And this 😀

    scaled
    Free Member

    Mines on the matchmaker clamp with my brakes and front shifter.

    With answer pro taper bars and peaty grips the reverb lever doesn’t come in to contact with the ground

    njee20
    Free Member

    There is no need to ever turn your bike upside down

    He’s right you know.

    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    simondbarnes – Member
    There is no need to ever turn your bike upside down

    Utter Crap 🙂

    Solutions 1x then upside down matchmaker
    KS Lev

    Yetiman
    Free Member

    I’m obviously doing it all wrong. I have a left hand button mounted on the left above the bars AND my bike is turned upside down before every ride 😯

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