One factor in reducing front brake cable friction is a gradual, "natural" bend in the housing between its exit from the bar tape (aero levers, of course) and where it meets the stop. If your stem is high so that the housing leaves the bar tape (I'm assuming you use aero levers) far above the housing stop then I expect that a hanger with the angled noodle can actually make the bend tighter and less efficient for cable travel.
Because my errand road bike (2020 Matthews custom) has a high stack -- upsloping tt and extended steerer and head -- the stem and therefore the bar is positioned relatively low above the headset. When I built the bike I installed a very nice, stiff, steel Shimano hanger but it has only about 1 cm of drop. Together with the close bar the housing has to bend tightly when it exits the tape to meet the hanger. In this case, the angled noodle on the PS hanger would allow a more gradual bend. I recently bought a Rene Herse cable housing hanger, paying $59 because no one else offers a stiff, silver, steerer-mount housing hanger with a deep drop. While the Shimano hanger drops 1 cm, the RH drops fully 3.5 cm and will allow a much more "natural" bend. I have to confess that the tight bend with the short Shimano hanger hasn't caused a great deal of cable friction, but there's room for improvement, and since this is a "nice" bike I want to reduce it to the minimum possible. The longer RH hanger will do that. It also makes the housing bend look nicer. Tektro offers a deep-drop hanger for about $13 but that one is quill mounted so that you lose a cm of drop because it is clamped above headset locknut and a thin spacer. Of course, the PS hanger not only clamps to the quill but it's about a cm shorter than the Tektro and RH hangers. On Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 10:05:03 PM UTC-5 Adam wrote: > Hi all, > Does anyone have experience with the problem solvers front cable hanger? The one with a built-in "cable noodle"? > I had an LBS install Paul racers on my hillborne and they used one of these. Changing the brake cables this week, I realized what an odd setup the cable noodle thing is, it puts a 45ish degree bend in the cable for no real reason. I'm > thinking that I should change the setup, any recommendations? Or is this not an issue? > When I changed the cable, the little plastic sleeve inside the cable noodle was cracked. Seems like a potential issue for no real purpose that I can see. Unfortunately there isn't an actual cable stop built into the hanger, so I think the > whole setup may need to be changed. > Thoughts, advice? > Here's the part: > https://www.thebikerschoice.com/product/problem-solvers-clamp-on-cable-hanger-182078-1.htm?variations=926322,926354?utm_source=google%20shopping&utm_medium=organic&cmp_id=18999470602&adg_id=&kwd=&device=m&gclid=CjwKCAiA9dGqBhAqEiwAmRpTCxJ5qK9TD6hipo0RYCdZIeE5F_M3FbHVnzmIbVVSUoKWshTJSoWaCRoCHJMQAvD_BwE -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtqOE3%2BwB2ZN%3DLsJC-7TCixaCbB5cvGxnYxvCVYgrX5AQ%40mail.gmail.com.
