06-02-2013, 06:54 AM
Hi all, my friends road bike is knackard and it's up to me to fix it. I've compeltely overhauled the bike and it's running fantastic apart from one minor, annoying little problem.
The bike used to use those horrible lever-pull shifters below the handlebars however I changed to a pair of Shimano 7-speed rapid-fire shifters with integrated brake levers and the problem now is that the frame lacks the neccesary cable stop boss, and so far I've been using duct-tape and a bunch of cable-ties however this is just not strong enough and the cable is moving when shifting the gears on the rear derailleur.
Now I know there exists clamp-on cable stops, however I can only find ones made to fit typical round-profile frames, problem is this bike has that triangle-proile shaped frame and is a whooping 17cm in circumference!
Does anyone know where I can find a cable-stop that will fit this profile frame tube? Or failing that, a strong and reliable way of stopping the cable?
The bike used to use those horrible lever-pull shifters below the handlebars however I changed to a pair of Shimano 7-speed rapid-fire shifters with integrated brake levers and the problem now is that the frame lacks the neccesary cable stop boss, and so far I've been using duct-tape and a bunch of cable-ties however this is just not strong enough and the cable is moving when shifting the gears on the rear derailleur.
Now I know there exists clamp-on cable stops, however I can only find ones made to fit typical round-profile frames, problem is this bike has that triangle-proile shaped frame and is a whooping 17cm in circumference!
Does anyone know where I can find a cable-stop that will fit this profile frame tube? Or failing that, a strong and reliable way of stopping the cable?