Broken fork control lever clamp

[laura*]

I think my first course of action would be to go to my favorite LBS and see if they could order it

I've lived in my present location for 21 years, there are 11 or so LBS's close enough that I could cycle to them, and yet I don't have a favorite LBS. I've just never had a perfect experience with any of them. It's felt like they are just fronts for the QBP catalog.

One purpose of this thread is to find out just how one gets service parts that are not in the QBP catalog.

Is the fork fully functional without the remote? [...] Basically do you really need this part or not? Could you ride the bike without it?

The bike is rideable, but I can't lock the fork without the RCL hooked up.

If the remote had a hinge, maybe that was so you could open it up and put it on without removing the grips and everything else? If that's the case then I'd put the bike together and ride while making your mind up about the part.

Yup! However, if I were to bodge my own clamp, then there wouldn't be a hinge.

Consider lock on grips. Super easy to remove and replace for any kind of adjustment or replacement and have other advantages as well.

I can't use squirmy pinchy rubber grips. They make my hands fall asleep instantly. Thus I've gotten used to riding with bare metal bars. However, I will be installing old school L-bend bar ends. The ones I've chosen look like they may be tricky to install. Once they are installed, I think they'll need to be left alone. That's why I feel I need to sort out the RCL clamp situation before finishing the build.