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@zootsuit
Hi
So I've got the opportunity to buy a really lovely steel frame at a good price and its exactly my size. Unfortunately the frame has no rear mech hanger, or cable stop braze on of any kind. It may have had them cut off to run fixed as it was repainted but this was before the current owner had it.
I don't want to run it fixed or single speed as I have a chorus groupset I've been waiting to put on a frame . Does anyone have any experience of getting cable stops and downtube shifter bosses brazed or attached to a frame ? As the paint job is very good id like to avoid brazing if I can to save the paint. Can you have these added like a bottle cage mount I.e drilling and tapping a thread then screwing to the frame ?
I can use clips for the rear brake cable on the top tube and a claw hanger for the rear mech but it's really the cable stop by the rear dropout and on the downtube I need ( ill be using ergo levers) I guess I could use a band from a band on downtube shifter to mount the cable guides but I'd prefer it to look a bit cleaner
Any advice / experience / warnings welcome!
Cheers