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[Benjahmin]

Found myself Googling for generic aftermarket balls for brake levers the other day, with a vague notion of getting my bike SVApproved. Like the screw-on ZTO metal balls I have on brake cables, but larger. Failed to find any. Perhaps I could drill suitably sized holes into suitably sized ball bearings and stick them on the lever ends with superglue + bicarbonate of soda or superglue + graphite?

How about two part resin putty? Make your own adhesive balls.

 

[saneagle]

Is handlebars a worry then? Mine have covers plus I always have a florescent jacket and a t-shirt on.
Can't see that would puncher.

Brake levers maybe. My mate put one of those through a old boys leg back in the 80s. Lot's of swerving before they collided

Any part of the bike can injure you in an accident. It just depends how you fall or how you get hit. Recently, I got lanced by a cut branch of a tree. I was riding along an off-road cyclepath that had a big puddle in it, so I was going down the side, rubbing against the bushes. Inside one of the bushes was a hidden fallen tree that had been cut back, then the bush had grown over it to cover it. The incident was like something from Ivenhoe: I was riding along, when suddenly I was hooked of my bike, and the bike carried on for a bit without me. Luckily, it was winter, so I was wearing a thick coat, which saved me from serious injury.

Last summer, I was doing a U-turn on my scooter, when the wheel went into a deep pothole, so the scooter fell and the handlebar hit my side. It was painful for a couple of days then I thought I was OK. Two weeks later, the pain came back with a vengeance, so I had to go to the hospital, where they found an absess on my lung, presumably caused by a broken rib interfering with something. I had to stay for a week, mainly while they figured out what was wrong and got the infection stable.

You could wear a suit of titanium armour while riding your bike if you could afford one. That's if you wanted to cover every type of injury.

 

[Nealh]

1 Pair Bike Brake Lever Protector Silicone Handlebar End Covers for Mountain | eBay

Pair Mountain MTB BMX Bicycle Soft Bike Brake Lever-Grips Protectors Cover Fixed | eBay

 

[Nealh]

Magura sell replacement baal end blades/levers for MT3 /5 brakes but they are £24 - £50 just for each blade.

 

[guerney]

1 Pair Bike Brake Lever Protector Silicone Handlebar End Covers for Mountain | eBay

Pair Mountain MTB BMX Bicycle Soft Bike Brake Lever-Grips Protectors Cover Fixed | eBay

Nice, would reduce severity of injuries I imagine, but the SVA say balls are beneficially essesntial. Subconsciously, I know balls are vital.

You could wear a suit of titanium armour while riding your bike if you could afford one. That's if you wanted to cover every type of injury.

I've always wanted to be a Cyberman, easier to climb stairs than being a Dalek (fixed with under-Dalek jetpacks in later episodes).

 

[Nealh]

Wisper bikes don't have ball ends , if you look they have std type levers with the very end of the lever like most having a 15/20 degree angle or so as typical with 2 finger /3 finger brake levers.

 

[guerney]

Wisper bikes don't have ball ends , if you look they have std type levers with the very end of the lever like most having a 10 /15 degree angle or so as typical with 2 finger /3 finger brake levers.

@Wisper Bikes said they had to get levers with balls for their ebikes to pass SVA.

https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/legal-status-of-ebikes-that-are-identical-to-those-that-have-gone-through-the-dvsa-approval-process-but-havent-been-tested.47883/post-726206