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A coupling for interfacing hand controls to a handlebar which provides for adjustment about multiple axes of rotation. A positioning collar having an inner cylindrical bore and outer spherical surface is mounted upon the handlebar of a bicycle, motorcycle or other like vehicle. A hand control for th

A coupling for interfacing hand controls to a handlebar which provides for adjustment about multiple axes of rotation. A positioning collar having an inner cylindrical bore and outer spherical surface is mounted upon the handlebar of a bicycle, motorcycle or other like vehicle. A hand control for the vehicle such as a bar end, brake lever, throttle control, shift lever or clutch lever is provided with a receiving sleeve having an inner surface which is adapted to slidably engage the outer surface of the collar. The force imposed upon the collar by the sleeve may be reduced to allow adjustment of the hand control or increased to fix the hand control in the selected position. When being adjusted, the hand control may be repositioned along the longitudinal axis of the handlebar, rotated about the axis of the handlebar and rotated about an axes which are angularly deflected to the longitudinal axis of the handlebar.

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An apparatus for coupling hand controls to a handlebar tube comprising: (a) an engagement collar having a partially spherical outer surface and a central bore disposed therethrough mounted upon and adapted to frictionally engage the handlebar tube; (b) a hand control housing having front and rear an

An apparatus for coupling hand controls to a handlebar tube comprising: (a) an engagement collar having a partially spherical outer surface and a central bore disposed therethrough mounted upon and adapted to frictionally engage the handlebar tube; (b) a hand control housing having front and rear and first and second side surfaces, the distance between said front and rear surfaces being less than the diameter of the outer spherical surface of said engagement collar, a sleeve disposed through said housing from the front surface to the rear surface, said sleeve defining a spherical surface which is adapted to frictionally engage the partially spherical outer surface of said engagement collar, said hand control housing being coupled to said collar, said sleeve circumscribing the handlebar tube; and (c) means for clamping said hand control housing and engagement collar to the handlebar tube coupled intermediate the first and second side surfaces of the hand control housing.