I use one of those Adam and no, they aren't a great design with the sharp bend and all. The plastic brake cable liner isn't necessary, I removed it and just ran the cable as there was less friction that way on my Bombadil.
I tried running the brake cable direct to it without the noodle, but there was too much play, the hole in the cable stop is too big. You'd need a step down ferrule to even see "if" it would work. There are flexible noodles available, but those would also need a step down ferrule to even see "if" it would work. Nah, too much malarkey for me. Oh the irony of the "Problem Solvers" brand. I haven't ridden the Bombadil since Spring and when I get around to changing to drop bars I'll be using the Tektro 1277A fork mounted cable stop instead. I use one of those on another bike and they're the bees knees. The brake cable goes to it directly like a caliper brake and has an adjuster which also work as a cable release with a few turns. Plus you can angle it slightly off center/vertical if need be and that has no effect on the efficacy of pull to the brakes. Brakes feel firmer than the high drop headset/stem versions. On Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 10:05:03 PM UTC-5 Adam wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anyone have experience with the problem solvers front cable hanger? > The one with a built-in "cable noodle"? > > I had an LBS install Paul racers on my hillborne and they used one of > these. Changing the brake cables this week, I realized what an odd setup > the cable noodle thing is, it puts a 45ish degree bend in the cable for no > real reason. I'm thinking that I should change the setup, any > recommendations? Or is this not an issue? > > When I changed the cable, the little plastic sleeve inside the cable > noodle was cracked. Seems like a potential issue for no real purpose that I > can see. Unfortunately there isn't an actual cable stop built into the > hanger, so I think the whole setup may need to be changed. > > Thoughts, advice? > > Here's the part: > > > https://www.thebikerschoice.com/product/problem-solvers-clamp-on-cable-hanger-182078-1.htm?variations=926322,926354?utm_source=google%20shopping&utm_medium=organic&cmp_id=18999470602&adg_id=&kwd=&device=m&gclid=CjwKCAiA9dGqBhAqEiwAmRpTCxJ5qK9TD6hipo0RYCdZIeE5F_M3FbHVnzmIbVVSUoKWshTJSoWaCRoCHJMQAvD_BwE > > Thanks, > > Adam > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3cd1a8a4-abc8-435e-ad00-fc8029b464e9n%40googlegroups.com.
