Re: [CR]brake cable guide repair

(Example: Racing:Jacques Boyer)

Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:12:06 -0500
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Subject: Re: [CR]brake cable guide repair
To: kenbensinger@gmail.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


<< How difficult is it to get a broken top tube brake cable guide repaired? .......

These are the wire type guides that have crossed wires that create a loop with the tube surface, so the housing slides in between the guide and the tube. ........

Can I just take this to a frame builder or something? Is this a lost cause? >>

I can't quite imagine what style you are talking about here, but in any case, all of those are brazed on and quite easy for a frame maker to remove and replace.. Of course the big "down side" is that the paint gets fried in the process. Some/most pro bike painters also do brazing work so you accomplish all that is necessary with one of them...

Dale Brown Greensboro, NC USA

-----Original Message----- From: Ken Bensinger <kenbensinger@gmail.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 10:31:37 -0500 Subject: [CR]brake cable guide repair

Okay, all you frame gurus out there. How difficult is it to get a broken top tube brake cable guide repaired? I have an old steel frame and while two of the three cable guides that run along the top tube are fine, the third is sheared off. I've been using a cable tie to hold it down, but that's hardly an aesthetic winner.

These are the wire type guides that have crossed wires that create a loop with the tube surface, so the housing slides in between the guide and the tube. Not sure if that makes sense. I'm trying to distinguish from the kind that are a steel hoop.

Can I just take this to a frame builder or something? Is this a lost cause?

Ken Bensinger
Brooklyn, NY