clamp on to braze on
04-03-10, 06:01 PM
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clamp on to braze on
so will a braze on work if the FD on my CAAD 9 is a clamp on? I know absolute nothing about these two, and I'm trying to learn, but I want to buy a new gruppo and all the sram stuff seem to be braze on. I do plan on having my lbs to the install.
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Yes. You just need to buy a braze-on adaptor.
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thanks!! I haven't looked at any with clamp sizes yet, but would assume my lbs has any necessary adapter.
BTW, what the heck does "braze" on mean anyway? Is braze some type of a weld? what is "braze"???
BTW, what the heck does "braze" on mean anyway? Is braze some type of a weld? what is "braze"???
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If the don't stock it, they should be able to order it pretty easily. Shouldn't be more than $15 or so.
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"Braze-on" front derailleurs are designed to attach to a bracket which is part of the frame. Since this bracket was brazed on to the frame back in the steel days, they were referred to "braze-on" derailleurs. With carbon and aluminum bikes the bracket isn't brazed, it's epoxied or welded, but the terminology is leftover from before.
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Brazing is a type of metal joining that's similar to soldering but hotter. The two things you want to join don't melt, instead you melt a filler metal like bronze or silver between the two. It's how many steel bikes were/are made. It's also used to attach features to the bike such as cable guides, dropouts, and hangars.
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