Re: [CR]Campy Bar Con cables

(Example: Framebuilders:Cecil Behringer)

Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:14:17 -0800
From: "John Jorgensen" <designzero@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Campy Bar Con cables
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Lewis Ting inquired about drilling bars for exit holes for bar end shifters.

I have drilled entry and exit holes for brake cables on a pair of Cinelli bars way back before period correct was even thought about, in 1985 when my old LeJeune was just considered an old bike. They are still happy. I would not do this with a bar that did not have a double layer near the clamp, but that is just me, I also made sure that everything had a happy radius and that the hole was angled for a smooth cable path. The extra jog the cable would need to take to enter the bars near the control would add friction I would not be interested in shifting against.

For Campagnolo bar end controls I would not drill the bars but would try the cables exiting the handlebar tape at a point near the brake lever clamp, looking to shorten the overall cable length and eliminate an extra bend. This assumes no handlebar bag will be fitted.

My first "adult" bike, a Bertin C-37 was fitted with Campagnolo bar end controls, the upgrade to down tube shifters a year later was happiness for me.

John Jorgensen
Torrance Ca