Cantilever -> V Brake cable routing

[originsoundd]

Maybe a seat post clamp with a guide to take a cable exists?

I've been looking but haven't found anything yet.

 

[Splatter Paint]

Thread 'V Brakes on a '94 Kona...Any ideas how???'

Apr 5, 2024

As the title...I have this little Fire mountain that is lovely, just needs a spec uplift and I want to put V's on it but my head is fried by the little collar cable guide around the seat tube...any ideas?

• Jimmy oldskool
• Replies: 14
• Forum: Retro MTB Chat

 

[originsoundd]

Thread 'V Brakes on a '94 Kona...Any ideas how???'

Apr 5, 2024

As the title...I have this little Fire mountain that is lovely, just needs a spec uplift and I want to put V's on it but my head is fried by the little collar cable guide around the seat tube...any ideas?

• Jimmy oldskool
• Replies: 14
• Forum: Retro MTB Chat

Thanks for finding that. That's neat. I'll give it a go if the stepped ferrules don't work.

 

[ishaw]

I've been looking but haven't found anything yet.

I did wonder if a hollow bolt in a standard clamp and a stepped ferrule would work?

 

[bikeworkshop]

Looks a little odd of you can't get the cable inner parallel to the toptube

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

You can use a shimano step- down ferrule into the enlarged exit hole in the dog collar,

That's what I did on my ti Kona when I rest-modded it to work with V brakes. I think it was an Avid one that came in a cable kit some years back, and I recall enlarging the exit hole in the dog collar a little to make it fit.

Otherwise, for something like a Lava Dome, I'd silver braze a cable stop in place and call it future proofing.