I am trying to mock-up the rear brake as well, unfortunately I don’t think I will be able to fit it between the chain and seat stay… I would need to add a bend on the seat stay to make it fit and I don’t really want to at this stage. It’s too bad because I really wanted to keep the lines clean
Super neat. About to make the same dropper port mod to a bike here. Which port did you use there? And what were ya reasons for going with brass over silver?
I got my ports from framebuildersupply.com, I wish I had the double ones too, Metalguru has them, if you need to pass two cables in one hole.
I used brass because I wasn’t sure how much it was needed and I don’t want to waste silver on it, also in my mind brass is stronger so I convinced myself it was the better option.
If I do it again I would 100% use silver
I would have thought silver these for sure so good to know. I’ve already drilled the hole to pass the cable through but really should get it reinforced/finished properly.
originally I wanted to route the cable via the chainstay and place the caliper in between the stays BUT it simply doesn’t fit.
I could still route the cable down the downtube and chainstay and then have it go all the way up like in the picture but I am not sure I like it, I could add a brace to sort-of hide the cable.
This solution would require the least amount of cable guides as I already got the 3-way cable guides
The other option is to route the brake cable via the top tube and I would do this via an internal routing (tt only), it would avoid the cable moving from chain to seat stay (that I really don’t like) but it would require to add two internal-cable-routing ports on the TT and I am having a hard time talking myself into doing that.
What is y’all opinion on the best cable routing? I have seen it done both ways.
On my MTB I have the shift cable and brake line running together down the bottom left of the downtube and then they go their own way below the BB, I think that gives the cleanest lines without doing the effort of internal routing.
The cable/line also run together from the handlebars really nicely and look basically like one cable.
I got a front IS mount that I think it would work but it won’t work without modifications and I need advice.
Because of the fork dropouts, the IS tab doesn’t fit all the way, the lower foot doesn’t touch anything
#2 Use the orange fork (and old Vassago rigid fork), but it will need shortening of at least 30mm, I thought that maybe I can find a sleeve and braze it, I have done something similar with a fork steerer and works well, the challenge would be to find a tube that fits snug inside to act as a sleeve but I won’t know the internal diameter until I cut it open. The big question is: would it be safe once the shortening procedure is done or not? Anyone done it before?
you could also just go for it. i did had a similar, but smaller, gap on a hard rock fork i put a tab on, i felt like the gap was small enough and just filled it in.
pls excuse the ugly brazing
Alright, update, i measured everything thrice also with a different adapter and different fork, I didn’t trust the Zoom brake to begin with.
It seems that I have to file off some material off the base of the IS tab as the lower part is too out, I believe I can also raise a little once the tab is filed to measure and maybe just maybe I can make it work - finger crossed.
Turns out I must have misaligned the cheapo brake caliper on the disc because I need a couple of spacers to have everything aligned correctly, overall happy with the braze
This bike is being setup 1x9 with a Shimano Cues, the BB is a square taper.
I was about to order a 73x125 like suggested from Shimano but their 50mm chainline doesn’t resonate with me, this is not a boost frame.
I had a 73x113 laying around and with it the chainline is dead center in the cassette at 45.5mm
Question: is that a good chainline for a 135 rear spacing? Should I move to a 73x118 that would give me a 47.5mm chainline?
I am also keeping an eye on Q-Factor, my wife is 5’4" and with the 113mm BB I have plenty of clearance already and I am inclined to keep that.
