Installing a front derailleur without the 'knob' on the down tube??

[Roadie_scum]

A friend of mine has a De Rosa Merak (yummy), but crashed it a while ago. We've had the frame inspected and X-rayed, and it's structurally sound, so it's been built into a time trial bike. The issue we're having is that the mount on the down tube, where you would fit a shift lever sometimes, or run the cable otherwise, has snapped off.

Does anyone have a nifty solution to this? I was thinking I might try to zip tie a cable along the down tube and run the shifter on the end of the aero bars. Can I do better?

Apart from the lack of a front mech, everything works perfectly and the bike is beautiful (very stealth with lots of black).

[eric_the_red]

A friend of mine has a De Rosa Merak (yummy), but crashed it a while ago. We've had the frame inspected and X-rayed, and it's structurally sound, so it's been built into a time trial bike. The issue we're having is that the mount on the down tube, where you would fit a shift lever sometimes, or run the cable otherwise, has snapped off.

Does anyone have a nifty solution to this? I was thinking I might try to zip tie a cable along the down tube and run the shifter on the end of the aero bars. Can I do better?

Apart from the lack of a front mech, everything works perfectly and the bike is beautiful (very stealth with lots of black).

You can get clamp on cable stops for the down tube,
http://www.cyclingforums.com/showthread.php?p=1312874#post1312874
http://www.rivendellbicycles.com/webalog/shifters_derailleurs/17109.html
etc if you search 'Google' for 'clamp on cable stops'