Gravity Dropper switch clamp made out of cheese!

jekkyl

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Broke the clamp on my gravity dropper while fitting the switch to the bars, just screwing it in and the plastic clamp came apart, absolute rubbish. Why isn't it made out of metal?
Any alternatives?

Edit: there are none to be had in the UK so postage from the states is a fortune:
USPS Priority Mail International $51.00
USPS Express Mail International $60.50
USPS First-Class Mail International $14.20

Granted the minimum is just 9 quid, but that'll take over a week to get here. Bahhhhhhh

Posted : 27/08/2015 10:40 am

jekkyl

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for anyone who picks this thread up in the future, it appears you can use a 'Hope Tech Master Cylinder Clamp'
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£8 [url= http://www.tweekscycles.com/Product.do?method=view&n=3421&p=717637&d=124&c=4&l=2&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Base&utm_campaign=Disc%20Brake%20Spares&gclid=Cj0KEQjw6vquBRCow62uo-_J_YYBEiQAMO6Higl2NChW68dc_WEsStlr-LvogRJHaZbWGemwNySOCdYaAifP8P8HAQ ]HERE[/url]

Posted : 27/08/2015 10:54 am

Simon

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I've got 2 Gravity Droppers and had the remote levers on and of a few times and never had a problem with the clamp, I think you've been unlucky.

Posted : 27/08/2015 10:58 am

kimbers

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i broke one and used the clamp from an old hope mini instead

Posted : 27/08/2015 11:13 am

Northwind

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The band's sacrificial- it's supposed to snap in a crash to save the lever etc. But it's not [i]that[/i] delicate. If you want tough then the Hope above or I think I bodged a mate's one with the same part off an old formula- if you've got any dead brakes it's worth checking.

Posted : 27/08/2015 11:30 am

jekkyl

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thanks Northy, yes I have got some old brakes, just checked them and the clamp fits perfectly.

Posted : 27/08/2015 12:15 pm

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