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Dia Compe brake levers from the the late 80′s.
Early caliper/canti brake levers for flat bars?
Mmm…looks like they attach at the end of the bars.
Time trial levers.
Dia Compe brake levers. The original ones were named 290 and came in metallic gray but this is the newer black “two finger” type. Maybe the model name was 292? Year might be 1989-90.
Attached at end of bars?!? Aaahhh, you single speed youngsters!
These are 1988 dia-compe advantage 290s.
Campy seat post dropper levers. Circa 1978
Dia compe MTb levers
Def D-C 292s, as mentioned by Moove above.
Not so sure–how would the bars fit through the clamp with that cable exit? I think they are end-of-bar TT style levers.
Is it a campy seatpost?
I had a pair of those on my Cannondale Beast of the East! Amazing how overbuilt some components were then.
AHahahahahaha, Ahahahaa The Campy seatpost comments are so funny, oh it just kills me to read them every week.
It just never gets old.
Obviously they are Campy’s attempt at recumbent style brake levers from the early 90′s.
those things worked as terribly as they looked. What cheezy tandem did these come standard on?
Yup, DC brake levers.
Had ‘em on my 89-ish GT Karakoram. They are steel, IIRC, as were the stem (purple splatter-painted to match), bars and seatpost on that brute!
Answer from Jeff at First Flight Bicycles: “DiaCompe 290 Levers”