I'm on the pre-order list for a Clementine, and enjoying everyone's noodlings on how to build up the Clems and 'tines. Here's my question: I dislike (not to say "hate", but the dislike is not insignificant) the way the cabling for the rear brake looks in the pictures of the two built Clementines on the most recent Blug post. The turquoise one with the canti brakes has a very sharp turn from the top of the seat tube (which it runs upwards from the upper down tube on) to the brake hanger, which doesn't look good to me. (I know, thinking this much about how it looks is VERY un-Clem-like, but I'm an old guy and set in my ways!) The one with V-brakes is better from the side, but in trying to imagine how the cable gets from the last stop (on the upper down tube) to the brake, I'm thinking it would look kind of, I don't know, "jankety" (as my wife would say) - off-center and flying out there on its own. And anyway, I'm not a fan of V-brakes.
This is not likely to be an issue for anyone but the overly fastidious (like me, unfortunately). Anyway, a solution occurred to me - some kind of a pulley at the top of the seat tube, as used in some old step-throughs of the non-mixte type. Like this, except this one's brazed on: https://www.flickr.com/photos/yattay/5760452302/in/photolist-9M2PM9-82BxvD-ryJ2uQ-8cQurT-86juhS-bnXZpd-a6L7BM-2rZbNk-azuRzn-pNLr7k-ocgKXs-8cQw4i-rhnAHi-9M2PL9-9LZ33x-9M2PH3-9M2PLJ-9LZ34B-9LZ35z-9LZ344-mXyJ6U-d9tYXS-86gfSV-mXwSsB-86jwPj-rhggJQ-nMScFA-9CL5pH-9Wqcf8-2s5NAh-8cQw3x-ocJuBc-oeAL3M-ou4wKy-ovTzoK-osoTkf-oxRi5p-2hsf73-ocP1HV-4aFuV2-owavcp-2s4tfG-fyrv5q-odpL7v-2s4qDA-2s15k4-2s16JT-52XQqp-2s1CW4-2s5feW Anybody have an idea of where one might source such a pulley that could be hung somehow off the seat tube binder bolt? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************** This email (and any attachments thereto) is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email (and any attachments thereto) is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (212) 735-3000 and permanently delete the original email (and any copy of any email) and any printout thereof. Further information about the firm, a list of the Partners and their professional qualifications will be provided upon request. **************************************************** ============================================================================== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
