That pump might love to live on your seatstay, with a strap-on peg or a rugged looking brazed peg. If you do it I'll do it! (I've got 2 pegs waiting for me to work up the nerve and add them to my Clem and Quickbeam) -Kai BK NY
On Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 12:15:04 PM UTC-4, Bob Lovejoy wrote: > > Erl and Kai, > > I have added some quick and truly not very good pictures to the Flickr > album: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/21182339@N05/albums/72157679795615453 > > Let me know if that does not show something needed. The brake cable run > from the cable stop nearest the head tube is not perfectly straight but it > does bypass the lower stop, going directly from the top stop through the > pump peg to the brake cabling. The cockpit cabling is a little ugly (i.e. > longer than needed) these days as I switched from Albatross bars to > MAP/Ahearne's (which are perfect for me and this bike) as well as changing > from stem mounted shifters to bar mounted Paul Thumbie / Silver shifters > (another great change) and never re-did the cabling. > > I will add that I think the cable stop locations changed a bit over > iterations of the Cheviot. I am thinking the routing for center pulls got > even harder on my version so it may be easier on earlier editions. > > As to still using the pump peg, I think the answer is a qualified yes. > That said, I would want something that fit really well (not something too > big crammed in). Also, the cable stop braze-ons, especially the top one, > are such that the right pump would, I think, be needed. I do not use a > frame pump on this bike, choosing to carry something smaller in the > saddlebag. I like frame pumps(!) but I just don't have anything that works > well on this bike. > > One thing this did remind me of is to maybe apply some "helicopter" tape > to the head tube. Cable rub there is always a problem, at least with any > bar-end or bar-based shifters. > > Let me know if any of this does not make sense or needs more pics or > whatever. > > I might take better pictures outside today or several bike things, then > delete these, so let me know and it shall be pictured if possible. > > Thanks, > > Bob > > P.S. Just as a teaser, just because... I will be posting pictures of the > best project bike I have ever put together (a 650B conversion). I am no > expert and not truly accomplished in the art of the build. But... I have a > new/old bike that is, might I say it, incredible for me. Pics to come > later... Still a work in process but I have been riding it too much to > contemplate changes! > > > On Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 10:20:59 AM UTC-5, WETH wrote: >> >> Bob, >> Thanks for sharing that solution. Would you share a photo showing the >> brake cable route from bar to pump peg? On my Cheviot the brake cable >> guide is on the top left of the upper sloping top tube. So I am curious >> how your cable/housing run. >> Also, can you still mount a frame pump with cable going through the peg? >> With thanks, >> Erl > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
