Hacks / Bodges

@vilms5000 I won’t be able to get that on to the seatpost (brazed on binder collar) and I’d still have the same issue with the angle.

@frankenbike yeah I won’t be able to get that on to the post, and I suspect the end of the top tube would interfere with it. One of those that was hinged and that I could attatch below the top tube might work

@fredtc that’s a good point - I’m going to see if that looks like it might work. I think it might be that little bit too ugly though. I’m basically asking too much by wanting a bodge, but a bodge that looks neat.

Nope!

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Get a short length of round Ali bar stock, file a flat on one end and drill a hole to bolt it to one of the rack mounts. Drill a hole 3/4 of the way through at the other end and then cut a slot in it. Bob’s your auntie’s husband.
Here the inspiration, my Kish. As you can tell it doesn’t even have to be straight. If it’s good enough for a $3,500 frame set :/

In other news, how dirty is my bike¿
Oh and the PX is Liz’s pub bike.

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Could you fit one of them old skool brake boosters like wot Magura used to fit on their cantis? Iirc there's a slot at the top you could fix yr stop. Might be too deep though

I think I probably wouldn’t like the look of it.

My latest thought is wether a cable stop like this would work (with a mock-up using a band on front mech mount) The cable would be pulled round a pretty sharp radius, though. Which may or may not be a problem - it might eventually fray perhaps.

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This is a great looking stop, but if I bolted it on to a rack mount, it’s be too low :-/

Isn’t a Kona Dog Collar what you’re describing? Or is it a cable stop….

There’s two versions, one a cable stop for v brakes, one a guide for cantis.

You might need one that splits/hinges to get it inside the third triangle though?

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I’d not heard of them but yeah that’s almost exactly what would work. Except I’d need one that was hinged so I could mount it below the TT, and they all seem to be split collars 😭

Edit: page refresh fail - what you said :-)

Really irritating to search for too

You hang the surly thing from the seat clamp?

Can we get a bigger pic showing the cable exit point and seat clamp?

Here you go!

@Bossman yeah - it’s too sharp an angle from there to the cantis (because of the different angle on triple triangle seatstays)

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how about an ad990 BMX u-brake instead if you're dead set against v's?

or drill a hole through the seat tube?
and cut a slot in the seat post so it's still adjustable?

I think i’d rather just go with v brakes than a u brake. In fact I’m starting to think there isn’t really a nice near solution and that I probably do just need to accept defeat and put mini-Vs on it.

One of those, with a shorter seat binder bolt hanger than the one you had just now?
https://www.rivbike.com/products/nitto-brake-hangers-key-fob

It won't look good or work very well but this is the bodge thread.

Like an Ibis hand job

I see, collar around the seat tube then. With the same surly hanger.

Tektro rocker thing is defo how I'd be going.

But also, it's steel so world is your oyster really.

Yeah I think I’ll likely set it up with the tektro rocker thing, with the intention of finding a nicer solution, then never change it!

This definitely isn’t the only thing on this bike I’m being indecisive about.

How could I have forgotten about them?

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I probably do just need to accept defeat and put mini-Vs on it.

This is obviously the solution, and at the front, and ideally regular Vs unless you're on drops. Cantis are shit, you know they're shit, although you deserve to be punished for considering them, having to to use them is too harsh a punishment.

There are/were also plastic ones that would bend enough to get it on your seat tube

Cantis do sometimes look better though eh