Well I might have made my first mistake after reading your post but I will give it a try and see how it works. I put the barrel for my rear brake in line halfway between the first frame eyelet and where the cable comes out of the handlebar wrap. But in the bike stand I'm able to rotate the handlebars all the way both directions and I cannot see where its pulling the barrel adjuster apart even when its all the way in. I think it will be okay but I'll keep an eye on it. I don't believe when the handlebars are turned to the extreme either direction that is pulling on the rear break either which should indicate that it will work okay where I got it.