The pnw loam lever gen 2, in pacific blue. I think it may be discontinued or may have been a limited time color, or something like that. I dont know, seems weird to me. I would think its their most popular color, does anyone know where I can find one? Everywhere i look i see it sold out, maybe I could buy a regular one and find a replacement thumb pad in that color. Are there any similar looking alternatives, with the rubber grip thing?
by Any_Quote2815
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look at pinkbike and ebay
There are a ton of dropper levers in myriad colors on Ali. Personally I wouldn’t buy mission critical components on Ali but for stuff like grips or a dropper lever, there are frequently options there that I can’t find to save my f*cking life in Europe. Like I wanted some brown silicon foam grips (like the ESI or Wolftooth). Weren’t in stock anywhere from either brand. Got them on Ali for like 2-3€ and I’d bet money they came out of the same factory, they feel and work just the same. I also wanted to try some inner bar ends for bikepacking but thought 50€ for Spirogrips was kinda obnoxious just to try them, and they were hard to find here, so went looking on Ali, boom, got some that are probably from the same mold for 8€.
PNW sells replacement pads and that color is available.
[https://pnwbikes.com/products/pnw-components-loam-lever-replacement-pad-gen-2?variant=44735850447009](https://pnwbikes.com/products/pnw-components-loam-lever-replacement-pad-gen-2?variant=44735850447009)
One up dropper lever can be had with a colored pad, too
You can email them. They are a small company and will get back to you
PNW still sell the pad in that colour for the gen 2, they’re just out of stock of the complete lever. It’s the only one they mark as “ltd”, I have no idea why though, the pad isn’t “ltd”
Dropping them a message might be worth it
Have you considered… contacting the company?