There is the option of a bolt-on (to the seat binder bolt) cable hanger (available from loosescrews.com), but in this instance I wonder if it will do. This MTB frame boasts standard 12 O'clock cable routing and the seat-tube, extending 45 mm past the top-tube's top, requires a collar; and a bolt on hanger would result in unconventional cable routing: it would require the brake cable to be raised at least 45 mm (acounting for the its bend) above the rear segment of the top-tube in order to properly seat in the hanger. This can't be a good idea.
No doubt an explanation will be forthcoming. They seem to cause bikes to stop, fit around big tyres, and don't use thin pads that wear out in no time... -- David Damerell <[email hidden]> Kill the tomato! Today is First Gouday, September.
There is the option of a bolt-on (to the seat binder bolt) cable hanger (available from loosescrews.com), but in this instance I wonder if it will do. This MTB frame boasts standard 12 O'clock cable routing and the seat-tube, extending 45 mm past the top-tube's top, requires a collar; and a bolt on hanger would result in unconventional cable routing: it would require the brake cable to be raised at least 45 mm (acounting for the its bend) above the rear segment of the top-tube in order to properly seat in the hanger. This can't be a good idea.
As long as the housing isn't bent too tightly, it shouldn't be a problem.
There is the option of a bolt-on (to the seat binder bolt) cable hanger (available from loosescrews.com), but in this instance I wonder if it will do. This MTB frame boasts standard 12 O'clock cable routing and the seat-tube, extending 45 mm past the top-tube's top, requires a collar; and a bolt on hanger would result in unconventional cable routing: it would require the brake cable to be raised at least 45 mm (acounting for the its bend) above the rear segment of the top-tube in order to properly seat in the hanger. This can't be a good idea.
Noodles are your friend. Put a 45° noodle in the bolt-on hangar and the cable routing will probably improve a bunch. You might even put a noodle in the top tube cable stop, but I don't think you'll need it.
There is the option of a bolt-on (to the seat binder bolt) cable hanger (available from loosescrews.com), but in this instance I wonder if it will do. This MTB frame boasts standard 12 O'clock cable routing and the seat-tube, extending 45 mm past the top-tube's top, requires a collar; and a bolt on hanger would result in unconventional cable routing: it would require the brake cable to be raised at least 45 mm (acounting for the its bend) above the rear segment of the top-tube in order to properly seat in the hanger. This can't be a good idea.
Luke
Kona used to do a really cool little collar thing on their bikes. It bolted on to the seat tube, below the seatpost clamp but just above the top tube, and allowed a straight cable run along the top tube and around the seat tube with no additional housing. You may want to contact your friendly neighborhood Kona dealer and see if they still stock them. The part that I'm thinking of came on a 1994 Kona Kiluea (steel).
Kona used to do a really cool little collar thing on their bikes. It bolted on to the seat tube, below the seatpost clamp but just above the top tube, and allowed a straight cable run along the top tube and around the seat tube with no additional housing. You may want to contact your friendly neighborhood Kona dealer and see if they still stock them. The part that I'm thinking of came on a 1994 Kona Kiluea (steel).
Yes, I was wondering if an option other than a binder-bolt mounted cable hanger was available, but after much pointing and clicking on the web was not able to locate one. Your tip warrants further investigation.
Noodles are your friend. Put a 45° noodle in the bolt-on hangar and the cable routing will probably improve a bunch. You might even put a noodle in the top tube cable stop, but I don't think you'll need it.
Kona used to do a really cool little collar thing on their bikes. It bolted on to the seat tube, below the seatpost clamp but just above the top tube, and allowed a straight cable run along the top tube and around the seat tube with no additional housing. You may want to contact your friendly neighborhood Kona dealer and see if they still stock them. The part that I'm thinking of came on a 1994 Kona Kiluea (steel).
Yes, I was wondering if an option other than a binder-bolt mounted cable hanger was available, but after much pointing and clicking on the web was not able to locate one. Your tip warrants further investigation.
Thanks Luke
Another idea from bikeforums.net, which I edited slightly...
---- oldskoolboarder wrote ---- You'll need some type of rear hanger, I used this:
along w/ a Woodman clamp. I had to file down part of the hanger flat because it was too big to put onto the seat tube w/ the clamp. You can see that there's not a lot of hanging room but it works.
No doubt an explanation will be forthcoming. They seem to cause bikes to stop, fit around big tyres, and don't use thin pads that wear out in no time...
No doubt an explanation will be forthcoming. They seem to cause bikes to stop, fit around big tyres, and don't use thin pads that wear out in no time...
Well, direct-pulls are a lot simpler.
If one doesn't count finding brake levers that work with them and with my preferred handlebars, yes. :-)
[I wouldn't say "a lot" simpler, either. The cantilever brake is not the most complicated device known to man...] -- David Damerell <[email hidden]> flcl? Today is Gorgonzoladay, September - a weekend.
No doubt an explanation will be forthcoming. They seem to cause bikes to stop, fit around big tyres, and don't use thin pads that wear out in no time...
Well, direct-pulls are a lot simpler.
If one doesn't count finding brake levers that work with them and with my preferred handlebars, yes. :-)
Indeed.
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[I wouldn't say "a lot" simpler, either. The cantilever brake is not the most complicated device known to man...]
Well.. that whole cable yoke thing is not terribly mechanically complicated, but *conceptually* it's a whole level of indirection extra.
