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The good thing about detachable cable hanger as opposed to a brazed on one that could be otherwise located, or a drilled seat post, is that if you decide to switch to V-brakes you don't end up with a redundant fitting / hole in the frame. Don't know if that's why Ed did this though (loosely looked at the -great- pictures of this thread)
veLLo-
Yeah.
That's the thing with an integrated 'constructeur' approach, that chainstay braze-on for a Cyclo (or Nivex) derailleur becomes obsolete.
It's kind of glorious though.
Ed committed to a 46ish chainring with a braze on FD hanger but the way he's spec'd the bike shows he's thought it all through.
Deciding between future flexibility and integrated neatness on a custom frame is an impossible dilemma I'm not likely to have to confront. Unfortunately.
absurdbird
Like this?
Really elegant and with the lower Hellenic stays would work with the cantilevers on the normal side of the stays.
(I commented with this pic on the Pron thread - didn't realise it was Ed's bike).