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Peter Howard
Guest
I have just fitted friction barcons to one of my bikes. They are a new copy
of an original Suntour item and they work beautifully. When I first looked
at the cable housing supplied I thought "This isn't so hot!" because it was
ordinary spiral wound stuff like brake cable housing. On further reflection,
I figured out that non-indexed shifters don't need compressionless housing
because there isn't any precise adjustment of cable length that needs to be
preserved. That's a plus for me because I don't possess shears that will cut
compressionless housing. I use a Dremel cutting wheel and it is a tedious
pain to cut it square.
Question One: Just to make sure, I'm asking if there should be anything
special about housing used for non-indexed shifters or can I use the normal
good quality plastic lined housing I keep in bulk for brake cables?
April 1st is the date of the Canberra, Australia Sheldon Brown Memorial
Ride. I can't be there because it's 1500 miles away but I commemorated
Sheldon in my own way last night by lacing up my first ever pair of bicycle
wheels. I was armed with a Park tensiometer and spoke key, a Minoura truing
stand and dish stick and a printed copy of Sheldons wheelbuilding
instructions. The wheels just fell together almost of their own accord and
came up true, and on the rear wheel correctly dished and with the expected
tension differential between DS and NDS. Time will tell, but I feel they're
pretty good for a first attempt.
Question Two: The rims are from Velocity and the front one has a slight
irregularity on the braking surface where the splice is. It's not a step,
just a slightly raised roughness. This manifests itself as a tick-tick-tick
every time it goes past the brake shoes. Should I attack this irregularity
with emery cloth or should I ignore it?
Peter H.
of an original Suntour item and they work beautifully. When I first looked
at the cable housing supplied I thought "This isn't so hot!" because it was
ordinary spiral wound stuff like brake cable housing. On further reflection,
I figured out that non-indexed shifters don't need compressionless housing
because there isn't any precise adjustment of cable length that needs to be
preserved. That's a plus for me because I don't possess shears that will cut
compressionless housing. I use a Dremel cutting wheel and it is a tedious
pain to cut it square.
Question One: Just to make sure, I'm asking if there should be anything
special about housing used for non-indexed shifters or can I use the normal
good quality plastic lined housing I keep in bulk for brake cables?
April 1st is the date of the Canberra, Australia Sheldon Brown Memorial
Ride. I can't be there because it's 1500 miles away but I commemorated
Sheldon in my own way last night by lacing up my first ever pair of bicycle
wheels. I was armed with a Park tensiometer and spoke key, a Minoura truing
stand and dish stick and a printed copy of Sheldons wheelbuilding
instructions. The wheels just fell together almost of their own accord and
came up true, and on the rear wheel correctly dished and with the expected
tension differential between DS and NDS. Time will tell, but I feel they're
pretty good for a first attempt.
Question Two: The rims are from Velocity and the front one has a slight
irregularity on the braking surface where the splice is. It's not a step,
just a slightly raised roughness. This manifests itself as a tick-tick-tick
every time it goes past the brake shoes. Should I attack this irregularity
with emery cloth or should I ignore it?
Peter H.
