Ductape":212sjwu2 said:
Any luck finding cable stops?
Sadly no, Tim! But i/we were hard working on a reproduction of it.
So you asked in the right moment
The cable stop news:
How do you know the cable stops were missing when i bought the frame. So i was looking for pics in the web which shows the details of the cable stops. Here are 2 of them i found...
So it shows a base plate with the old version of the cable stop called divers helmet. I was searching some frame builders and frame parts distributer who offer this.
A few days later i received them and the braze party could start
A friend of mine which is also a classic mtb rider helps me with the procedure. He did a lot with brazing, tuned up stems with noodles or internal cable routing. So this was the best way i think...
I started with the cutting of a paper model for the stainless steel base plate which would screw with the frame later. There was also another frame version which were the cable stops riveted on it. I like more the screws
The first result how to looks like
After the transfer to the base plate, sawing and adapting to the curve of the downtube. Here we took a old frame with almost the same tube diameter. So never throw away old frames
The plate was ready for the divers helmet cablestops - we had to mount 3 of them, so we started with the middle
After the brazed on comes the cleaning and filing
with the second and third then the same procedure
now its has to cool down
and later i'll round down the corners. It takes longer as you think, but i think the result looks very proper
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The next step is to made the cablestop for the right chain stay - it's guided the cable to the rear mech.
Hope we find time on the weekend...but at last i have one more great solution for the BB
After mounting the Cooks crank the spindle of the XT bb was to short with 122mm. So i was searching after a fitting Cooks bb. I found one with black caps and a spindle with a length of 127mm. The missing collars wasn't the problem - i had 2 in stock.
What should i say, it can't fit better...take a look by yourself
I enjoyed it a lot these hours of working on it - thats the best on a built up if everything it goes like you think and plan
cheers
Norman