Originally Posted by
bwilli88
I would take 2 or 3
How about 3 of Mk III (pictured below) for $30 and I'll pay postage. You only get the hanger, you'll have to supply your own adjuster.
This one has the plain nut, but it has two holes cross-drilled into the edges and the spoke is bent 90 degrees and silver-soldered into the holes. I think this is (so far) the best solution, it's lighter than Mk II, the thread engagement for the adjuster is longer. It's a 2mm spoke, if you have a seat-lug with a show-off thin kerf it may not fit; I can make one with a thinner spoke if that's the case.
Just to be clear, this is *real* silver solder, the same as used in jewellery, not that "silver-bearing" stuff sold in hardware stores. It melts at medium-red heat and has a bulk UTS of around 50 KSI, the hardware stuff you can do with a soldering iron and is more like 10 KSI. It's not coming apart.
