Advice on managing brake cable on single speed (Aventon Cordoba)
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Advice on managing brake cable on single speed (Aventon Cordoba)
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Dumb question here. I put on rear brakes on my single speed (Aventon Cordoba) and the brake cable is currently held to the top tube via three zip ties, which is an eye-sore. I'd like to use a cable housing clamp instead of zip ties. Problem is, my top tube diameter is about 35.4 mm and I've had no luck finding a cable housing clamp that fits that. It seems that the available size for cable clamps is 1 1/8" (28.6 mm) or 31.8 mm. The other option I saw is to use adhesive cable guides but worried about how strong this will be.
Anyone else have experience with managing their brake cable on a thicker top tube such as mine? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Dumb question here. I put on rear brakes on my single speed (Aventon Cordoba) and the brake cable is currently held to the top tube via three zip ties, which is an eye-sore. I'd like to use a cable housing clamp instead of zip ties. Problem is, my top tube diameter is about 35.4 mm and I've had no luck finding a cable housing clamp that fits that. It seems that the available size for cable clamps is 1 1/8" (28.6 mm) or 31.8 mm. The other option I saw is to use adhesive cable guides but worried about how strong this will be.
Anyone else have experience with managing their brake cable on a thicker top tube such as mine? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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On my cordoba(which is black), I ended up using electrical tape in two places, barely noticeable and works quite well.
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Plenty of 34.9mm cable clamps out there. Problem is, they all appear to be in China. Under 2 bucks each shipped, though (~$7 shipped for a pack of four.)
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Get a new bike that is designed for brakes. Problem solved.Steel is real, TI is fly and aluminum and carbon just simply don't rhyme and must be counted out.
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I've been using adhesive cable guides for a few months now and they are holding fast. When I installed them I held them down with zip ties for 24 hours.
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