Andre
Interesting gizmos on the bars.
May I ask what they are?
(I think I spotted the bell!) 
From the left hand side, in the various pice published above,
-- peeking out of the bar is the security cable that plugs into the n'lock stem seen in the centre of the bar
-- Brook leather grips made from saddle offcuts end-on, held together by short bicycle spokes threaded through cast grip ends
-- thumb throttle for electric motor (the big silver bottle is its 8.8Ah battery)
-- lever for Magura hydraulic rim brake
-- bell, as you say,
-- on/off, mode (thumb throttle or pedelec) and cruise speed selector, battery condition gauge, all in one on the little dashboard, also switches the lamps; master power switch is elsewhere
-- the black thing is a leather washbag by Pierre Cardin holding the electronic control box, excess wiring, etc (I'm looking for a dark brown leather bag suitable for a handlebar bag); there's space inside for a camera, wallet, painting and sketching paraphernalia, and A5 sketchbook, lunch and so on
-- across from the n'lock stem, which makes the bike unusable even without using either of its two cables, we find
-- cheap Sigma trip computer, sort I've used for years, cheap, so I leave it on the bike, never lost one to a thief (too cheap to steal, probably), never broke one
-- Sigma PC40 heart rate monitor, not seen in pics above but highly recommended as cheap, accurate, well-specified and long-lasting, operated by my thumb without letting go of the right-side grip
-- other side lever for Magura hydraulic rim brake
-- Rohloff hub gear control
-- Brooks leather grip
-- Zefal Dooback mirror since replaced by the Catseye 300G as the Dooback ws getting a bit expensive because I smashed one or two every month against an abutment on a narrow bridge I always take at speed.
-- Catseye 300G cheap mirror above replaces expensive, fragile Dooback, needs to be fitted upside down to give hand space on shortened grip
-- the watch is my rose gold Schloss Foehren; no point in having a gold coachlined green bike if you have to tell the time from a plastic of unmentionable antecedents; more at
http://coolmainpress.com/ajwriting/?s=SchlossOne of the advantages of the North Road bars is that they have space for everything you need to fit, though careful planning and measuring is necessary to achieve the best ergonomics. Essentially, there is nothing that I ever need to take my hands off the grips for. I just reach out a finger and elegantly, with no disturbance to my control of the bicycle even at speed on bad roads, touch a switch. New riding companions often ask if my bike is automatic, because they never see or hear me operating a control, and they're amazed at the calm way I carry on a conversation when they're hanging on for grim life just to keep up. It's to do with having proper tyres, a long wheelbase on a well-balanced bike, and a correctly thought-through and executed operating environment with first class ergonomics. (I still can't believe that thoughful cyclists can mount a Rohloff rotary control there they have to take their hand off the grip to operate it.)
Takes a lot of work though. Once the bars are on and all the gear bolted to it in the right place, you don't want to add the smallest thing!
Andre Jute
