From: "Harvey Sachs" <hmsachs@verizon.net> To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>; <sbirmingham@mindspring.com>; <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 01:08 Subject: RE:[CR]Which Way Round??
> And, I opine:
> In general, I've always seen the saddle clamps installed with the bolt
> below the rails. I strongly prefer this, because it allows adjustment and
> tightening with almost any kind of wrench ("spannner"), without disturbing
> the saddle flap. Just common sense. I've done it the other way only to get
> a fit on bikes that were otherwise too big, as for very short people. That
> lowers the saddle significantly, and back then we sometimes took heroic
> measures for our vertically challenged friends and kids. Now, wrt whether
> the bolt goes in front of or behind the seatpost, that's pretty easy. I
> put the bolt behind the seatpost always, unless dealing with a very old
> bike with a very slack seat angle. Then it goes in front, to move the
> saddle forward to roughly the same position as I get on a modern bike with
> more upright seat tube angle.
>
> Now, wrt cable hanger orientation, there is a clear factory preference
> from the design, at least for Weinmann & Universal: logo "wants" to be
> seen, and brake cable to pass through the slot, where it makes it hard for
> the straddle cable to be removed. I always reversed this assembly, to get
> the nut to the outside instead of the bolt head, because it was easier to
> work on. This generally meant that the brake cable was on the opposite
> side of the hanger from the straddle cable, which also made that easier to
> take apart. Never had one pop out. Darn the factory esthetics, I wanted
> easy access.
Ditto on the seatpost.
For the straddle cable I prefer the name showing and the cables on the same
side.
Gives a straighter pull from brake cable, through yoke, to straddle wire.
see:
http://www.pbase.com/
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, Pa. USA