No doubt you've noticed that some new cross bikes are adding a 2nd
set of brake levers at the upright portion of the handlebars. I take it
this can be done without too much trouble, no?
I won a Raleigh Cyclocross Team frameset at the VELOswap , so I'm building
up to sell. (Would have kept it, but it's a 54cm: too small. They refused
to exchange!)
Anyway, do you think I can just add a 2nd set of brake levers?
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From AL FENG:
Yes. This merely involves:
* removing the actual brake cables from their housing
* carefully cutting the cable housing where the "cross" lever will be
installed
* clamping the "cross" lever in place (the remaining "taped" housing fits
into the "cross" lever)
* the cable is fed through the housing
* the "cut" cable housing ends are slipped into the respective
cable-adjusters on the "cross" lever
* the cable is fed through to the brake caliper & anchored
It's less complicated than that may sound ... and, yes, I bought a set
because I couldn't envision how they worked without seeing a set "in
action." Embarrassingly simple.
You can add the brakes pretty easily ...
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