Stem with brake hanger???

spin-cycle
spin-cycle Posts: 395
edited March 2008 in Workshop
Hi,

I'm after a ahead stem with a brake hanger for canti brakes, along the lines of these Mather beauties;

http://www.robinmathercycles.co.uk/jl/jl05.html

http://www.robinmathercycles.co.uk/trev ... ike12.html

or with a hanger brazed to the underside.

I have a 10cm spacer and can't fit a hanger on the steerer. I've thought of drilling a stem, but worry about compromising the strength of it. Any ideas?

Spin

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  • gundersen
    gundersen Posts: 586
    make them yourself???
    use a steel stem maybe!!!
  • spin-cycle
    spin-cycle Posts: 395
    Yeah, not so good with a blow torch....
  • geoff_ss
    geoff_ss Posts: 1,201
    I've drilled and tapped quill type stems which are a lot thinner than the one's in common use now. I would think stems on trikes where you have to steer are more highly stressed than a bike and it wasn't a problem. You only need a 4.2mm hole to tap it for a 5mm adjuster thread.

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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    "I have a 10cm spacer and can't fit a hanger on the steerer."

    Don't quite follow that bit if the spacer is beneath the stem. Hangers are less than 10 (presumably not centimetres?).
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  • spin-cycle
    spin-cycle Posts: 395
    edited March 2008
    meagain wrote:
    "I have a 10cm spacer and can't fit a hanger on the steerer."

    Don't quite follow that bit if the spacer is beneath the stem. Hangers are less than 10 (presumably not centimetres?).

    I like the bars high, so have 10cm of steerer between the headset and the stem. I got a spacer made up for me - 10cm tall. Trouble is you can't fit a hanger.

    Geoff_SS wrote:
    I've drilled and tapped quill type stems which are a lot thinner than the one's in common use now. I would think stems on trikes where you have to steer are more highly stressed than a bike and it wasn't a problem. You only need a 4.2mm hole to tap it for a 5mm adjuster thread.

    OK that's what I wasn't sure about. I was thinking that with the up and down forces, particularly weight pressing down on the stem, that any hole along the top would be under a lot of stress. I do have a heavy old Thorn stem.
  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    Can you not just cut down the spacer by the amount needed to fit a hanger?

    Or am I missing something obvious?
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  • spin-cycle
    spin-cycle Posts: 395
    meagain wrote:
    Can you not just cut down the spacer by the amount needed to fit a hanger?

    Or am I missing something obvious?

    Well there's not room at the top or bottom, you need it sandwiched between 2 spacers.
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    spin-cycle wrote:
    meagain wrote:
    Can you not just cut down the spacer by the amount needed to fit a hanger?

    Or am I missing something obvious?

    Well there's not room at the top or bottom, you need it sandwiched between 2 spacers.

    Cut the 10cm in two, and shorten each one a bit.
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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    I didn't like to suggest that....
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  • spin-cycle
    spin-cycle Posts: 395
    Yeah, I was just thinking that. Seems a shame, but it would do it.

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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    I've got a hanger for a threaded headset back home in the shed but it's for 1 1/8" and looking at the pic, you want 1". Have a look on Ebay or in your LBS. The LBS might have a hanger kicking around for threaded headset that is no longer sold as most bikes these days are V-Brake, you might have to enlarge the hole slightly but only a few mins work with a file or dremmel type tool.

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  • gundersen
    gundersen Posts: 586
    just something that is maybe irrelevant

    when I bought a Reynolds Ouzo Pro fork it states in the manual a max spacer of 2 cm
  • spin-cycle
    spin-cycle Posts: 395
    gundersen wrote:
    just something that is maybe irrelevant

    when I bought a Reynolds Ouzo Pro fork it states in the manual a max spacer of 2 cm

    Probably coz its carbon.

    I have a 1 1/8th steerer. I'd rather find a stem with a hole in it, but I guess cutting the spacer in half does solve the dilemma, easily. Thanks.
  • gundersen
    gundersen Posts: 586
    but I guess cutting the spacer in half does solve the dilemma,

    why cut it in half?
    I wouldn't
    I'd cut of one end and place the hanger on top of the headset.
    Gives a lot of bend to the cable.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Years ago Topeak produced a cable hanger/stop that fitted to the top of the forks in the hole for the reflector bracket.
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  • fatfreddy
    fatfreddy Posts: 332
    FSA make a headset with built in brake hanger

    should be here; http://www.dotbike.com/ProductsP3675.aspx?A=3&TRACK=DPL

    failing that - cut 10mm off the bottom and fit a brake hanger (most are around 10mm)

    ffc
  • term1te
    term1te Posts: 1,462
    How about fitting some V-brakes on the front so that you don't need the hanger?
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  • spin-cycle
    spin-cycle Posts: 395
    gundersen wrote:
    but I guess cutting the spacer in half does solve the dilemma,

    why cut it in half?
    I wouldn't
    I'd cut of one end and place the hanger on top of the headset.
    Gives a lot of bend to the cable.

    All the hangers I've come across seem to drop before clearing the top of the headset, so don't sit right.
    redvee wrote:
    Years ago Topeak produced a cable hanger/stop that fitted to the top of the forks in the hole for the reflector bracket.

    Yes, I remember, worth looking around for one.
    fatfreddy wrote:
    FSA make a headset with built in brake hanger

    should be here; http://www.dotbike.com/ProductsP3675.aspx?A=3&TRACK=DPL

    failing that - cut 10mm off the bottom and fit a brake hanger (most are around 10mm)

    £32 for a hanger.....
    Term1te wrote:
    How about fitting some V-brakes on the front so that you don't need the hanger?

    Yeah, trouble is I have mudguard clearance problems with Vs.

    Cheers.
  • carlstone
    carlstone Posts: 602
    Go with TERM1TE's suggestion and get some V's. Ive just swapped from XT canti's to XT V's and cannot believe the difference. Got mine off ebay for £38.00 second hand, front and back with levers, only had to buy some new cable inners (£4.00).

    By the way got some retro XT cantis and levers for sale now :D

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