ljamesb
Old School Hero
I've been finishing up a 1994 Team Marin build and I'm so excited to almost be able to actually ride it! Unfortunately though I've run into another annoying bike problem and this time it's to do with cable routing.
The 1994 Team Marin frame has the derailleur cable stops brazed onto the head tube (about 1cm from the bottom of the head tube). I have a stem mounted brake cable hanger which means that the front brake cable inner is running in between the two derailleur outers.
The problem is that when I steer more than a certain amount, the brake inner, scrapes on the derailleur outers, and eventually catches on the derailleur outer ferrules, which results in the front brake being pulled. I know I'll rarely be steering to such an angle for this to be a problem at speed, at low speed manoeuvring it is an issue and I know it will eventually result in the derailleur outers being worn through.
Am I being stupid here? It kinda seems like bad bike design. lol. Does anyone know of a possible solution to this problem? I thought about maybe attaching a cable hanger to my stem where the handlebar bolts on. Like this:
Or maybe use one of these to do the same thing:
I think I may run into problems doing this though since the handlebar mount bolt may bottom out before the bar is tight.
One option I thought of was a fork mount cable hanger, but I'm fairly certain this would still have the exact same issue.
Or maybe one of these? I think it would still rub badly though, but at least it would be outer on outer.
The 1994 Team Marin frame has the derailleur cable stops brazed onto the head tube (about 1cm from the bottom of the head tube). I have a stem mounted brake cable hanger which means that the front brake cable inner is running in between the two derailleur outers.
The problem is that when I steer more than a certain amount, the brake inner, scrapes on the derailleur outers, and eventually catches on the derailleur outer ferrules, which results in the front brake being pulled. I know I'll rarely be steering to such an angle for this to be a problem at speed, at low speed manoeuvring it is an issue and I know it will eventually result in the derailleur outers being worn through.
Am I being stupid here? It kinda seems like bad bike design. lol. Does anyone know of a possible solution to this problem? I thought about maybe attaching a cable hanger to my stem where the handlebar bolts on. Like this:
Or maybe use one of these to do the same thing:
I think I may run into problems doing this though since the handlebar mount bolt may bottom out before the bar is tight.
One option I thought of was a fork mount cable hanger, but I'm fairly certain this would still have the exact same issue.
Or maybe one of these? I think it would still rub badly though, but at least it would be outer on outer.