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Well that didn't work. Again.
Is it just me or does this upload button not do anything?
And if it does actually upload a file somewhere, where does it go?
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I have made some variations - sorry, forgot to post about them. The first is a ring half-way along the hanger, to centre the cable outer. The second I used for a 5mm adjuster, the plain nuts did not have enough meat to all the same construction as the 6mm ones. I can do the 6mm in the wingnuts if desired. Prices for the ringed ones are 15 for 1, 10 for more-than-one, and no matter what mix you ask if more than one you get the more-then-one-price. And now I'm going to try uploading an image file...
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I did hit upload, it let me choose a picture, didn't show in the post. Thanks for the assist...
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None of the rear brake hangers I could get locally were any good - too short, too heavy, too rusty, too ugly.
So I started making some. These are a brass nut drilled and tapped M6x1 (common adjuster thread), silver-soldered to a bit of stainless spoke. To be clear, this is real silver-solder, not the "silver-bearing" stuff you can do with a soldering iron. The nut has holes cross-drilled in it, and the ends of the spoke are bent 90 degrees and soldered into the holes. You mount it in the slot between your seat-clamp ears, it goes around the bolt.
I'll sell these. I think I can get away with mailing them in a thickish letter-sized envelope, so 10 GBP for one, 7 GBP for more than one, and I'll pay postage.
All you get is the hanger, you have to supply your own adjuster. If you want a different thread, or a thinner spoke (needed if your seat-clamp kerf is narrow), or a specific length, just let me know.
Sorry no pic inline, can't figure out how to do that here. Link should work:
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Hm, this was supposed to have a pic of the hub attached.
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Hullo all.
Longs shots I know but here they are anyway.
I'm after:
Campy Triomphe left arm 170mm
Roto front mech
junk Campy Gran Sport rear mech (I only need one part)
Zeus metric headset
Mafac 2000 brake shoes and guides
Cyclo shifters (only need left side bits)
pedal end caps for Campy - the 4-sided plastic ones that fit the aero platform types
pedal end caps for Ofmega - the press-in ones that have a central screw you turn to pop it off
pedal end caps for SR sp250 - plastic with a knurled edge and a hex-key socket
26.6 french mfr alloy seatpost
Campy left brake shoe - the one with the black-rubber coated guideI have:
3TTT AR84 stem, 130mm
Motobecane PU-leather bar sleeves
Atom rear drum/freewheel hubs (I have 2, one is prepped for sale already, is in near-new condition)
Atom tandem front hubs (again 2, these use the solid rear axle and bearings)
metric tandem headset, fits 25x1 steerer
Huret Eco front & rear mechs and shifters, excellent condition
Positron II complete - rear mech, cable, and shifter (2 of these as well)
a large assortment of various bits and bobs and spare parts, mostly of a pre-index vintage; I've always kept everything that broke for the bits that didn'tBugger, I can't figure out how to attach more than one pic.
Bugger, bugger, I went and collapsed all the pics into one image and tried to edit the post and replace the pic.
Blank space.
Interested parties please pm me and pics can go via email.
Convergent invention; I had not seen those for some reason, as soon as I posted elsewhere someone else pointed out what they make. I think their wire is welded to the sides of the threaded section - I did that for the first few but silver soldered, then somebody worried it might not be strong enough so I started cross-drilling and bending the wire 90 at the ends; more work but more secure.