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I bought some discounted SRAM brakes and they come with matchmaker clamps as below (image 1), but as my dropper lever and shifter are not matchmaker this actually means they interfere with my bar setup as they effectively rob me of ~15mm of space where my other levers can't mount. My options are:
Buy a matchmaker compatible Shifter and Dropper Lever
Buy the non-matchmaker clamp faces (Image 2) for ~£10ea
Bandsaw the matchmaker clamp off and call it good. Maybe colour in the raw edge with a Sharpie.
What would you do?
I'd have had it cut off in the time it took you to type your post 🙂
I'd get the new non-matchmaker clamps then throw the matchmaker ones into a spares draw just in case I need them in 10-15 years.
Sell the brakes on ebay for more than your bought them for?
Sell the brakes on ebay for more than your bought them for?
hmm that gives me an idea for all the cheap five-ten’s I got off evans in multiple sizes to try…
As for the OP - I’d be going full matchmaker on the shifter and dropper.
A good spread of answers! I've found the non-matchmaker ones for £6ea now, which does narrow the gap to just lopping the side off and it would be annoying if I need these down the line for actually mounting something to...
If I notionally pay myself minimum wage to cut them off I reckon that's a couple of quid each by the time I've found my hacksaw, but I am at least not lining the pockets of the capitalist consumer machine by doing so.
If I wasn't at work I'd probably already have sawn the sides off, but unfortunately I didn't bring them with me (which is the reason I've started this thread instead of just launching into them and regretting it later).
Now I'm off to good compatible shifters/dropper levers as it is payday after all..