I'd follow up to ask specifically about the plastic under-BB cable guides. Is there reason to fear the structural integrity of the shell would be violated by drilling the single hole required to secure such a guide? I understand proscriptions,for engineering reasons from adding cable guides and bottle cage anchors to frame tubes.
Harry Travis Washington, DC USA
said Harry Travis, stirred by:
Jon Spangler <hudsonspangler@earthlink.net>'s message of:
Monday 04 Aug 08 at 02:40 PM,
On: [CR]Heresy? Adding braze-ons to a "classic" frame
[echoed below, in part<=1]
-oOo-
>Dear CR folks,
>As I consider purchasing and building up a classic bike--probably a
>mid-1970s Allegro--an ethical--one might even say "theological"--
>question comes to mind, as the Allegros came with minimal braze-ons
>in the "clean" style of the times.
>In order to equip and ride this bike on a regular basis, I would want
>to add braze-on BB cable guides, Campi shift-lever bosses, bottle
>cage mounts, and perhaps TT cable guides. (The frames I'm looking at
>will need painting in any case, as far as I can tell from the
>pictures, but have not been ridden much, if at all.)
>Just how "heretical" would this be, and are there any other options
>besides using all-clamp-on components, which I found dysfunctional
>"back in the day." Are there any less-invasive options, such as using
>the plastic under-BB cable guides?
HPT
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