Rear Brake Cable Housing Trick from Dave Moulton
05-22-19, 06:37 PM
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Rear Brake Cable Housing Trick from Dave Moulton
Dave Moulton's latest blog is about avoiding paint damage caused by rear brake cable housing movement. A problem I'd never considered, but then I don't have any bikes with nice enough paint I suppose.
Dave Moulton's Blog - Dave Moulton's Bike Blog - Vintage brake cable routing
Dave Moulton's Blog - Dave Moulton's Bike Blog - Vintage brake cable routing
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Sheldon disagrees: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/cables.html
There's also a neat trick if you're running shifting brake levers by routing the cables around the far side of the head tube then crossing the cables under the downtube which stops the cable rubbing the paint off your headtube.
This of course requires under bottom bracket cable routing...or just run downtube shifters.
There's also a neat trick if you're running shifting brake levers by routing the cables around the far side of the head tube then crossing the cables under the downtube which stops the cable rubbing the paint off your headtube.
This of course requires under bottom bracket cable routing...or just run downtube shifters.
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Dave went to a lot of trouble to ensure his rear cable looks too long.
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Sheldon disagrees: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/cables.html
There's also a neat trick if you're running shifting brake levers by routing the cables around the far side of the head tube then crossing the cables under the downtube which stops the cable rubbing the paint off your headtube.
This of course requires under bottom bracket cable routing...or just run downtube shifters.
There's also a neat trick if you're running shifting brake levers by routing the cables around the far side of the head tube then crossing the cables under the downtube which stops the cable rubbing the paint off your headtube.
This of course requires under bottom bracket cable routing...or just run downtube shifters.
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+1 on cross-cross shifter cables. No, it doesn’t add any noticeable friction or wear.
I can appreciate the Dave Moulton tricks for the rear brake housing, but have been successfully using one of those Jagwire rubber barrels on the Miyata housing where it crosses the fluted seat stay cap. Doesn’t hurt that Miyata paint seems to be incredibly tough.
I can appreciate the Dave Moulton tricks for the rear brake housing, but have been successfully using one of those Jagwire rubber barrels on the Miyata housing where it crosses the fluted seat stay cap. Doesn’t hurt that Miyata paint seems to be incredibly tough.
