On Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 6:54:21 AM UTC-7, Lungimsam wrote: > > Sounds like a fun ride! Upright is cool for the easy looking around! > > What's the story behind the front brake cable hanger? I don't usually see > them there. But looks really nice! >
Regarding the fork-mounted front brake hanger, it's a long story. I had been using Paul Minimoto brakes, which are linear pull and do not require any brake cable hanger, so I had removed the hanger that had been mounted at the headset. I removed all the smaller headset spacers, and replaced them all with one big 25 mm spacer, which results in a super clean look. Then I got these new brakes, the Tektro CR720, to accommodate wider tires (the Minimotos only can handle tires up to about 40 mm width). So I needed a brake cable hanger again. Rather than mount it at the headset, I just went with the fork-mounted version. I had also read that using a headset-mounted hanger can result in brake 'pulsing', due to the long length of exposed cable between the hanger and the brakes, acting like a bow and arrow. The fork-mounted version is supposed to eliminate this problem. I have had cantilever brakes in the past but I was never happy with the braking power, so I felt that maybe the fork-mounted hanger would be helpful. After 2 rides, I can say that it works great, good stopping power. Getting back the choco-moose bars, one thing I really like about them is that I can leave most of the bars exposed, and it still looks good. I was toying with the idea of wrapping the horizontal portion near the stem, but I am finding that to be unnecessary, since I almost always ride with gloves anyway. More shiny bare metal = higher bling factor. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
