Campagnolo brake lever aero routing help
I have some old campy brake levers (1st generation chorus?) which have what seems like an aero routing hole through the body of the brake.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/...de41eac05b.jpg (Here are the levers with the old style non-areo cable style). I tried to switch to an aero style routing, but when the lever is attached to the bars, there seems to be no cut-out or space to the route cable/housing passed where brake and bar meet. The brake body is pretty flush to the bar. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/...2b741183_m.jpg - side http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3258/...3cac2ce8_m.jpg - other side Have tried a number of different points to get the cable to not be squished by the brake body. Has anyone got any ideas or better yet pictures of where the cable/housing needs to be to use the aero routing option in these levers? |
I have a set of these. I had to file a slot to clear the cable housings. On mind, there was a kind of a recessed "slot" on the side of the lever body (this "slot" would face inwards) and I filed an opening followingthis recessed area.
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Yes, the cable should exit the lever on the inner side of the handlebars. I have a set of 1st gen Athena levers which are essentially the same as yours and I did not find the need to file or cut an opening, the exisiting slot was sufficient.
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There definitely isn't a slot, so I'll look for the recessed part you were taking about DSchlichting.
Nick - So the 'right' spot for the cable to exit is just above the clamp-on band on the inside? Thanks for your help. |
Yup, that's the spot.
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I'm finally getting back to this project and am looking for advice. For a while I couldn't work out where to make the notch that folks had talked about. However when I saw the following photo, it all made sense:
http://www.tinyblueplanet.com/junk/lever2.jpg On my c-record levers, I have the molding marks for the notches but the material needs to be removed: http://www.tinyblueplanet.com/junk/lever.jpg Is there any reason why I shouldn't mod these levers myself to 'aero' route them? Or should I not desecrate such pristine (the hoods are grubby but the lever bodies are pretty much NOS) c-record levers? Seems like it shouldn't be too much work to file them out. I just want to make sure that I'm not about to do something stupid. |
They're meant for bars with drilled holes near the stem and under where the lever attaches.
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Originally Posted by fixedpip
(Post 8333404)
Is there any reason why I shouldn't mod these levers myself to 'aero' route them?
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Originally Posted by dokydoky
(Post 8333498)
They're meant for bars with drilled holes near the stem and under where the lever attaches.
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These were delivered with out being filed. They could be used aero or non and if you choose non-aero it would be best not to file them. I have seen the bodies crack as a result of poor filing jobs on these levers. I too filed a set which did not have any slots filed in them.
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They cracked there on the Ergo's, too (plastic).
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The metal is very thin at the notch area. I used to use needle nosed pliers to snap out the metal, then finish with a file or sandpaper.
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