Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - How did adriano do it?

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Muffin Man
09-02-12, 12:14 AM
I want to put a bell on my bike that is activated by my spare brake lever. Except I have no idea how this is going to work. Do you guys have any idea how he did it?

Leukybear
09-02-12, 12:37 AM
It doesn't seem that hard. Easiest approach I believe is for a mechanical type bell with the brake cable from the lever attached to the lever of the bell which is mounted in a position that the vertical pull of the lever rings the bell.

Yup, it appears this is exactly the way adriana did it:

http://inconsistentyouth.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/brake_lever_bell.jpg

Just manipulate the tension/ length of the brake cable in the process.
Muffin Man
09-02-12, 12:40 AM
yea thats what I thought too, but how would the cable be routed? There isnt a stop so that the housing isnt moving also.

hairnet
09-02-12, 12:48 AM
There's a fork mount housing stop there right above the bell.

like this
http://harriscyclery.net/product/tektro-fork-mount-housing-stop-f-cantilevers-black-1805.htm
ThermionicScott
09-02-12, 12:50 AM
That's a pretty hand.
Muffin Man
09-02-12, 12:54 AM
That requires a canti mount... is there a hose clamp type thing to hold it in place?
Leukybear
09-02-12, 01:08 AM
That's a pretty hand.

The man's a drag queen in his own right.... I still have a picture of him posing in ladies attire w/ kilo tt burned into my retinas. NSFW of course these days....
jpsawyer
09-02-12, 08:32 PM
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/442173-I-ve-been-wanting-to-do-this-Finally-did-it-It-s-cool
this helped me.