New school spoke instead of straddle cable mod

[JT71]

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]

ive been running that for sometime now myself and its great no flex

[JT71]

ive been running that for sometime now myself and its great no flex

and there was me thinking i was ground breaking 

really pleased with the feel and the look. 

[Voodoocars]

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...

[HARODAVE]

Great bit of modding !!!    gonna be giving that a go on my bike really soon 

[harris]

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]

And the really good thing about it  is that it won't snap when you least expect it

[evamedia]

I've never snapped a straddle cable

[CD17]

This is interesting, can you show me a close up of how this is connected to the brake please 

[JT71]

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.