Hello Scott, In the United Kingdom they are called "Handlebar Rests". This is what they were always ordered as from Ron Kitching who sold Milremo and Reg versions of these. Listed in his numerous catalogues as this. Cheers Mick.
>From where the wheels don't spin as fast as they use to. Be lucky Michael
Butler Huntingdon UK.
>From: "Scott Minneman" <minneman@onomy.com>
>Reply-To: minneman@onomy.com
>To: "'Anderson, Robert'"
><randerson2@grey.com>,<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: RE: [CR]What do you call this part? Tandem,
>"dummy-brake-thingies"?
>Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:16:44 -0700
>
>I'm not that into tandems, but even from the outside, I've heard them
>called
>many names...stoker (dummy) levers, stoker pegs, stoker stubs, stoker nubs,
>and stoker handles. I'm sure there are more choices to come from other
>folks.
>
>They're great for brakeless road fixies too -- they provide some extra hand
>positions with good visibility *and* precise control if you use drop bars.
>
>Scott Minneman
>San Francisco, CA
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
>[mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Anderson,
>Robert
>Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:47 PM
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]What do you call this part? Tandem, "dummy-brake-thingies"?
>
>Greeting CR listers,
>
>I have in my posession a pair of aluminum knobs with handlebar clamps and
>gum rubber hoods that read "Dia-Compe." I suppose that they are dummy brake
>lever bodies? hoods? for tandem stokers, but what exactly are they called?
>I
>assume that these are on-topic, but only cause they look so
>"non-ergonomic."
>
>
>Would one of you kind folks please help fill this gap in my cycling
>vocabulary?
>
>Oh yeah, a link to an image might help.
>
>http://home.earthlink.net/~adelphi368/images/diacompe.jpg
>
>Thanks,
>Rob Anderson
>Brooklyn, NY