Rene Herse Brake Lever Project
Thank you for your interest in our Brake Lever Exchange Program. If you have a set of Campagnolo Ergopower levers that meet the requirements, we’ll exchange them for a Rene Herse tire. We’ll rebuild the levers into pure analog brake levers.
We accept the following models:
- Chorus, Record and Super Record levers (with carbon blades)
- 9-, 10-, 11-, 12-speed (for mechanical brakes, not hydro/discs)
- Levers must be complete (2 levers, clamps, all screws—missing hoods are OK)
- The carbon of the blades must be intact. (Minor scratches are OK—please show them in your photos.)
- If the clear coat is chipped (but the carbon underneath is undamaged)—as in the photo below—that’s OK. (You get a Standard casing tire.)
- If the carbon of the blade is damaged beyond minor scratches, we can’t accept the lever.
- If the hoods are worn or missing, that’s OK. (You get a Standard casing tire.)
- If the clear coat and hoods are in perfect shape, you get a choice of Extralight or Endurance casing tire.
Here is how it works:
- Describe your Ergopower levers
- Upload a few photos
- Describe which tire you’d like
- Wait for an RA Number before you ship your levers.
- You pay shipping of the levers. We cover shipping of the tire.
- U.S. addresses only.
- You can buy a second tire (to make a set) at $ 15 off.
- Allow 1-2 weeks for processing after we get your levers, before we ship your tire.
- The tire may be a photo sample without packaging. It will carry our full warranty.
- If your levers arrive and are not as described, we may ‘downgrade’ the exchange to a Standard casing tire. If your levers are so bad that they are unusable, we’ll send you a copy of the current Bicycle Quarterly as a reward for your efforts. Make sure your photos show all flaws to avoid disappointments on all sides.
Thank you!
Jan, Natsuko & the RH Team
Rene Herse Brake Lever Project
I’d like to trade my Ergopower levers for a Rene Herse tire.
