Originally Posted by
stevek1ng
Thanks gyozadude - I thought of that originally, but won't that reduce braking performance? Mounting the brake in the lower position seems like a much more elegant solution - more aesthetically pleasing too.
Yes and Yes. It will degrade performance and it doesn't look as aestehtically pleasing. But it may not degrade that much, which is why I'd probably try that first, and then I'd try to find aesthetically pleasing cable clamps and paint them to match the frame. I'm routed cables that way in the past and surprisingly, the brakes still work fairly "crispy."
Originally Posted by
stevek1ng
If I stack the curved washers supplied on the nutted side of the plate, that provides enough thread to get the nut on tight. I won't actually fit this with the curved washers but if I use a spacer (about 10mm) do you think that will be a secure enough fixing?
Also the mounting hole on the flat plate is kind of an oval shape. Could that cause a problem? I'm thinking it should be fine so long as I mount to the bottom edge of the hole (in the direction the brake will pull) and fasten it nice and tight...right?
Seems like I'm talking myself towards to a solution
But I just want to check that I'm not doing anything seriously wrong mechanically here...it is a brake after all!
If you are moving to try and reverse the function of the existing hardware, be aware that the challenge will be to come up with a functional way to cantilever either the cable pinch bolt and brake QR assembly, or to cantilever the cable housing stop and tension adjuster barrel assembly. If you want to make it aesthetically pleasing, it probably requires some machining to make it look less than hokey (and still be reliable and lined up for the pull and still allow the brake to open wider to remove during wheel exchanges). Would your technique still allow for that?
I'm hard pressed to find a dual pivot brake that has reversible pinch bolt and qr assembly. But that might be the most aesthetically pleasing way to do it.