Colnago CX-1 down tube cable stop
briantrumpet
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Does anyone know if & where you can get the cable stop pictured below, for external cables on the CX-1? It's actually a very poor design, as there's too much tension put on the top fixing of the rather flimsy plastic bracket, so I might just leave my bodge in place. But if there's a replacement (even better would be a more robust one), it would be good to have in hand.
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Agree, poor design... wouldn't know how to fix it better than your bodge. It's a fairly annoying thing, as if that part was to fail, you'd be left with not many optionsleft the forum March 20230
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As a last resort you could consider one of the double stop clamp devices as offered here
https://winstanleysbikes.co.uk/problem-solvers-backstop-cable-stop-clamp?gclid=Cj0KCQjw3Nv3BRC8ARIsAPh8hgKDoeyL0ErHh2gwPcJkO85kT4z_Ke_OfujWHHKzAj-RRQnsCoyARpYaAumbEALw_wcB#black-1-1-4-
Admittedly you would lose the threaded adjustment by the looks of things so maybe not ideal.
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Thanks, though the shape of the downtube is rather weird, so I don't think this would work...arlowood said:As a last resort you could consider one of the double stop clamp devices as offered here
https://winstanleysbikes.co.uk/problem-solvers-backstop-cable-stop-clamp?gclid=Cj0KCQjw3Nv3BRC8ARIsAPh8hgKDoeyL0ErHh2gwPcJkO85kT4z_Ke_OfujWHHKzAj-RRQnsCoyARpYaAumbEALw_wcB#black-1-1-4-
Admittedly you would lose the threaded adjustment by the looks of things so maybe not ideal.0 -
ugo.santalucia said:
Agree, poor design... wouldn't know how to fix it better than your bodge. It's a fairly annoying thing, as if that part was to fail, you'd be left with not many options
The bodge, now reinforced with another cable tie, is holding, and seems firm. I suspect it had been flexing for some time, as the gear changes had been a little approximate for a while, but I had put it down to the drive chain needing to be replaced.
I might try contacting a Colnago dealer or two too, but the CX-1 isn't one of their common models, so I might, as you say, need to live with the bodge, if it's an unavailable art. Otherwise I'd have to get something made up from scratch.0
