On Monday, March 25, 2013 11:32:57 AM UTC-4, Tom Harrop wrote: > > A quick question. After switching from cantis to V-brakes on the Bombadil > several months ago I now have an un-needed cable hanger in my headset. I > need to get rid of it for weight savings (only kidding—it gets in the way > of my handlebar bag). I don't have much experience fiddling with headsets, > but I assume that if I remove the hanger, I'll have to add a spacer to take > up the 3 mm in the spacer stack currently occupied by the hanger. Is that > correct? Or will I get away with screwing the locknut on 3 mm further > before it hits the top of the steerer? >
I went straight to v-brakes, and one of the first things I wanted to do was to swap that out; my true LBS (the one in town) didn't have the right size spacer, only had threadless ones that wouldn't fit; his recommended solution was for me to use a grinder and take the hanger part off.... I didn't want to do that, so, I've left it in place for now. Have to admit, I didn't think about trying to just tighten everything down as-is after removing it, I just expected to need a correctly-sized spacer, but haven't thought to ask at the other LBS in the next towns over.... Good luck w/ it.... -L -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
