Mark Stonich wrote:
> Mark Agree wrote:
>
>> Or, Ebay item number 8819334432
>>
>> Please look at the photo showing the bottom bracket of this Dutch
>> bike
>> (Schauff?) that just sold on German Ebay. Note the rear der.
>> cable guide is brazed
>> on top of the b.b., while the front is brazed below. I haven't
>> seen this
>> before ... is it done on any other bikes elsewhere? Was it an
>> intended design and
>> why, or was it perhaps a repair job? Just curious...
>>
>
> IMHO the top of the BB is the best place to route the rear cable
> and the bottom the best place for the front. Can't imagine why
> I've not seen it before, and a little embarrassed I'd never thought
> to do it when I was building non-recumbents.
>
> Bravo for thinking outside the box.
The team issue Peugeots from the late 1970s (PY10CP) had this arrangement.
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Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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