Hello, I have clamp on cable stops 1 1/8" and 1" that clamp on to the stem if that works for you. Steven Willis 1778 East Second Street Scotch Plains NJ 07076 908-322-3330 http://www.thebikestand.com
> How about using one of those clamp-on front brake cable housing stops that
clamp around the stem as it exits the HS locknut? That doesn't take up any
stack height. Are those still available?
> I did that many years ago on my 1988 Santana tandem (which came to me with
precisely 1.5 threads engaging the factory headset's locknut - I almost
fainted when I opened it up, because we had ridden it a lot before I ever
took it apart - yikes). I think they are MTB parts, so finding a 1" (22.2
mm) one now might be a lot trickier than it was 10+ years ago.
> Regards,
> Greg Parker
> Dexter, Michigan
> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 16:22:37 -0400 (EDT)
> From: chasds@mindspring.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]brake cable problem
>
> I recently acquired a truly lovely tandem
> from a list member. A Jack Taylor from
> the early 80s with the old graphics, box-
> lining...white. Really pretty.
>
> I'm just dying to get it together, and ride it,
> and it's getting there. But I ran into a snag
> and I'm hoping someone here will have a better
> idea than I do.
>
> The stem that came with it is drilled for a brake
> cable, but that stem is too long and too low for
> my use.. I'm putting a Nitto Technomic deluxe on it
> instead (no yowls from the peanut gallery: my
> cervical joint health is more important than looking
> good on the slopes, 'kay?)
>
> The problem is, the steerer tube is, as it should be,
> oversized, so a standard head-set fit cable stop
> will not work. I'd need an oversized one, or I'd
> have to file one out.. not a big deal on an aluminum
> one, and I may do that, assuming I can actually FIND
> an aluminum stop that will work... the part that
> fits over the steerer would have to be quite thin, because,
> most unfortunately, the steerer tube has been cut rather
> short.. (you can see the comedy of errors here)
> <snip>