Re: [CR]Now:Bike setup Was:parts dating

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Cinelli)

In-Reply-To: <3D024636.2DEB06B4@earthlink.net>
References: <20020608.121410.-4189171.0.richardsachs@juno.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 11:36:09 -0700
To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Brandon Ives" <monkeylad@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Now:Bike setup Was:parts dating


At 11:00 AM -0700 6/8/02, Chuck Schmidt wrote:
>Looks like someone went to great lengths to get the brake cable housings
>just the right length at the front where they arch and cross each other.

Yech, those housings are too long. It's another to each their own thing, but 15 years of running cables for a living says way too long. It also has to do that I prefer three guides on the toptube if you're going to run housing all the way. I do like the look of the little hump in the back even though it adds a little more sponge in the lever feel. The way I learned to run housing was as short as possible without any kinks and that's the way I like it. Anyway, everyone knows what opinions are like. . . . .

enjoy, Brandon"monkeylad"Ives Santa Barbara, Calif.

PS: The pedals are most likely wired in that position with very fine wire. It's an old photographers trick.