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Brazing 990 mounts, over or under?
I take it they are linear pull these days?
I suppose it might be a bit easier to work on if they are on top. JG |
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Brazing 990 mounts, over or under?
On Sep 19, 5:26 am, !Jones wrote:
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:54:31 -0700, in rec.bicycles.tech JG wrote: It's hard to see how you would run the cable and housing with the, er, brazed on center-pull, underneath the seat stays... JG Assume it's an... err... somewhat oddball frame and that the cable routing will be fine if not better. Will there be any reason not to do it that way that would go to the functionality of the brakes? Jones There's the question of whether the cable carrier will be able to be in a spot that gives good mechanical advantage (presuming the routing setup would use a carrier as opposed to dual cables, and I'm also assuming this would be a typical setup where the carrier is in front of the seattube and the straddle is going around the tube). Lower tends to be better. I wish I knew how to quantify it accurately, but if the cable carrier's nut is gonna be more than about 4 inches way from the cable anchor points, braking will probably suffer. That 4 inches is a fudged number but i think it's about right. This could definitely be a problem if the frame has a long-ish rear end. If it seems like it's going to be too far away, and you still want to do under-ss mounting (ie, for the sake of getting the best routing), then you could just run the main cable through the seattube somehow, allowing you to get the straddle nice and low. I'm not totally confident on this, but I kinda suspect that there are millions of BMX frames that really should have been built this way. You also need to make sure that the chosen position provides clearance from the rider and other parts of the bike. It might also be worth mentioning that the alignment/symmetry of 990 bosses is important because it doesn't take much to cause some brake arms to rub on each other. |
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:19:25 -0700, in rec.bicycles.tech Nate Knutson
wrote: There's the question of whether the cable carrier will be able to be in a spot that gives good mechanical advantage (presuming the routing setup would use a carrier as opposed to dual cables, and I'm also assuming this would be a typical setup where the carrier is in front of the seattube and the straddle is going around the tube). Lower tends to be better. I wish I knew how to quantify it accurately, but if the cable carrier's nut is gonna be more than about 4 inches way from the cable anchor points, braking will probably suffer. That 4 inches is a fudged number but i think it's about right. This could definitely be a problem if the frame has a long-ish rear end. If it seems like it's going to be too far away, and you still want to do under-ss mounting (ie, for the sake of getting the best routing), then you could just run the main cable through the seattube somehow, allowing you to get the straddle nice and low. I'm not totally confident on this, but I kinda suspect that there are millions of BMX frames that really should have been built this way. You also need to make sure that the chosen position provides clearance from the rider and other parts of the bike. It might also be worth mentioning that the alignment/symmetry of 990 bosses is important because it doesn't take much to cause some brake arms to rub on each other. I have plenty of room and can locate the cable stop in an optimal position on either side of the ss... if cable routing is my only issue, then I don't have an issue. I have run cables through the seat tube in the past (and seat post by milling a slot) but try to avoid it because I didn't have a positive experience with that idea. I spent a good deal of effort building the fixture to locate and align the bosses. I'm putting them at 9.125" from the center of a mandrel through the dropouts. I was real fussy about building the fixture to be square. I think I'm something like 3.9" apart on the bosses and that's wide, but that's where the stays are. Someone on the frame builder's listserv said 80mm spacing was optimal, but I'd have to make a flange to offset them and I plan to use the widest rim I can get. Here goes! Pardon me while I light the torch. Jones |
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Brazing 990 mounts, over or under?
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:13:49 -0000, in rec.bicycles.tech Scott Gordo
wrote: The rationale on the BMX frame was for trick riding. Moving the brake caliper south and out of the way lets you do certain tricks where your foot wedges between frame and tire. Sounds like fun!!! Would you teach me to do that? Jones |
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Brazing 990 mounts, over or under?
On Sep 19, 3:04 pm, !Jones wrote:
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:13:49 -0000, in rec.bicycles.tech Scott Gordo wrote: The rationale on the BMX frame was for trick riding. Moving the brake caliper south and out of the way lets you do certain tricks where your foot wedges between frame and tire. Sounds like fun!!! Would you teach me to do that? Jones Just read your post about the BMX tandem. I take it that you're building a BMX frame? If it helps, the Haro had the posts mounted on the bottom of the stays. BTW: I started looking around for old GT MTB frames with a U-brake, and stumbled upon this very sweet, 1985 GT "Timberline". My friend Jeff had that exact frame. In fact, I think it was the first MTB I'd seen, back when I thought gears were for sissies. Have fun! /s |
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Brazing 990 mounts, over or under?
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:32:43 -0700, in rec.bicycles.tech Scott Gordo
wrote: Sounds like fun!!! Would you teach me to do that? Jones Just read your post about the BMX tandem. I take it that you're building a BMX frame? I was joking. I'm a geriatric professor, machinist, and frame builder taking on an interesting project... and learning the history of BMX as I go. I just learned that Gary Littlejohn did "Billy's" fall in *Easy Rider*. Wow! I'll *ride* the damn thing when I finish it, of course... and my wife and life-long stoker will go, also... but the half-round is out of the question, I'm afraid. I wonder how it'll handle? I'm used to our early Paramount, so I positively cringe at the very thought!!! I mean... can one apply that concept to a BMX? And a tandem to boot? What I need is a real side hack! Wouldn't that be kinky? A couple of 60-somethings in a Littlejohn tandem side hack!!! Jones |
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On Sep 19, 6:03 pm, !Jones wrote:
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:32:43 -0700, in rec.bicycles.tech Scott Gordo wrote: Sounds like fun!!! Would you teach me to do that? Jones Just read your post about the BMX tandem. I take it that you're building a BMX frame? I was joking. I'm a geriatric professor, machinist, and frame builder taking on an interesting project... and learning the history of BMX as I go. I just learned that Gary Littlejohn did "Billy's" fall in *Easy Rider*. Wow! I'll *ride* the damn thing when I finish it, of course... and my wife and life-long stoker will go, also... but the half-round is out of the question, I'm afraid. I wonder how it'll handle? I'm used to our early Paramount, so I positively cringe at the very thought!!! I mean... can one apply that concept to a BMX? The concept of caring about handling? Yes, why wouldn't it apply? Look at what a skilled flatlander can do; of course they're sensitive to how their stuff handles. Look at racing; there's any number of variables that need to be considered to design a bike that handles aggressively but controllably enough. No idea at all how to make your tandem handle well though, of course. |
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