Well, since I'm very near completing a muni frame that can accept
brakes, i thought it might be wise to begin thinking about how to mount
my hs-33.
There were two major requirements that this mounting had to fufill.
Firstly, it had to be easily actuated by 1 finger, even when pulling up
hard on the seat. Secondly, the brake lever and other related compnents
had to be protected from impact. At CMW this year I saw 3 or four brakes
break, including 1 or two levers. Another, less important objective was
that I wanted the mountiung to be relatively light. I didn't have a
wilder rail adapter or any extra bar ends, and I didn't want to for over
the cash for them, so I just started playing around. I noticed that my
brake fits well onto my seatpost, so I looked around at that. Finally, I
decided that I would mount the brake lever to the seatpost and have it
facing back, near the valve for my airseat. I would have a little loop
attached to some string attached to the lever that I would use for brake
actuation. Here's a picture of the position of the brake laver under my
seat.
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