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JT71

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New school spoke instead of straddle cable mod
« on: February 13, 2009, 02:36 PM »
got the idea after seeing Alex and Twobob discuss it in a thread and today I got around to doing it.

a bent spoke, about 300mm long, replaces the straddle cable resulting in less "spongyness" and, in my opinion a
tidier look.

(the cable hanger is a PeaceOff canti hanger courtesy of the Stodgmeister)

apologies for poor quality cam phone pics.




dirtbro

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Re: New school spoke instead of straddle cable mod
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2009, 06:32 PM »
ive been running that for sometime now myself and its great no flex

JT71

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Re: New school spoke instead of straddle cable mod
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2009, 07:09 PM »
ive been running that for sometime now myself and its great no flex

and there was me thinking i was ground breaking  :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:

really pleased with the feel and the look.  :daumenhoch:

Voodoocars

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Re: New school spoke instead of straddle cable mod
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2009, 07:20 AM »
Looks a bit heavy. I use a gear cable as they are thinner and lighter...    Only joking. Hmm- I might try that. With a ti spoke...

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Re: New school spoke instead of straddle cable mod
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2009, 08:45 PM »
Great bit of modding !!!  :4_17_5:  gonna be giving that a go on my bike really soon  :daumenhoch:
With Bacofoil and a Battering Ram !

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Re: New school spoke instead of straddle cable mod
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2009, 08:53 PM »
I use a similar thing, but just cut the bent end of.
i screw a nipple on the threaded part and re bend the cut end at the straddle hanger
that way i can adjust the tention evenly via the nipple,, i still use a knarp for extra security.

dirtbro

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Re: New school spoke instead of straddle cable mod
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2009, 09:04 PM »
And the really good thing about it  is that it won't snap when you least expect it

evamedia

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Re: New school spoke instead of straddle cable mod
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2009, 09:11 PM »
I've never snapped a straddle cable

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Re: New school spoke instead of straddle cable mod
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2009, 09:21 PM »
This is interesting, can you show me a close up of how this is connected to the brake please  :)

JT71

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Re: New school spoke instead of straddle cable mod
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2009, 07:52 AM »
it's just into two of the barrel things that fit in the brake arm.
it might slip, so i'm going to file a notch in the spoke where the grub screw bite.

Alex suggested Dan's idea of using the threaded part with a nipple on, but that's something for me to try in the future.






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