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Cable clamps - advice
This may seem a bit silly but I’m looking for top tube cable clamps - NOS, prefer French or Italian - and are there any brands that I should seek or avoid? I HATE cheap hardware FWIW.
Yeah, I know, It’s just a silly clamp but aesthetics matter for this application. I saw some REG clamps on eBay that look right but if the screw or nut are kinda flimsy it would be a hard pass. |
Campagnolo and Simplex are two that come to mind.
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Find nos Campy.. Pay $40. Find nos Dia Comp, almost as good.
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REG (Rampinelli) be near the bottom o' me totem pole Freres Huret are nicely made and have the attractive cutout ----- |
Originally Posted by CroMo Mike
(Post 23356111)
Find nos Campy.. Pay $40. Find nos Dia Comp, almost as good.
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Originally Posted by juvela
(Post 23356112)
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REG (Rampinelli) be near the bottom o' me totem pole Freres Huret are nicely made and have the attractive cutout ----- |
Originally Posted by satbuilder
(Post 23356021)
Campagnolo and Simplex are two that come to mind.
* maybe they made them in inch size too, but all I've seen were French. Jargon request: can we try to call these housing clamps? Cable clamps clamp cables, like at the brake or the straddle yoke. I'm also on a crusade to stamp out the term "cable stop". There are housing stops, and there are cable guides, but there are no cable stops, that I know of. |
Originally Posted by bulgie
(Post 23356241)
But be aware that Simplex were probably* made for French diameter TT, which is larger than English/Italian. Not sure they'll tighten on an inch TT (don't remember)
* maybe they made them in inch size too, but all I've seen were French. Jargon request: can we try to call these housing clamps? Cable clamps clamp cables, like at the brake or the straddle yoke. I'm also on a crusade to stamp out the term "cable stop". There are housing stops, and there are cable guides, but there are no cable stops, that I know of. But where do you stand on the term bottom bracket? The term originally referred to the lug, aka bracket, at the bottom of the frame. The cups-balls-and-axle assembly are a bearing, not a bracket. See (and contribute to) my bicycle misnomenclature thread. |
Got three sets of NOS top tube cable clamps. Campy and Shimano, as I recall. Even know exactly where they are. I have Simplex and Reg also, but not sure if they are NOS. I should take a look just to see what is in that drawer...
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...68d646fac1.jpg |
Campagnolo housing clamps never look out of place and usually shine up well.
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Originally Posted by bulgie
(Post 23356241)
But be aware that Simplex were probably* made for French diameter TT, which is larger than English/Italian. Not sure they'll tighten on an inch TT (don't remember)
* maybe they made them in inch size too, but all I've seen were French. Jargon request: can we try to call these housing clamps? Cable clamps clamp cables, like at the brake or the straddle yoke. I'm also on a crusade to stamp out the term "cable stop". There are housing stops, and there are cable guides, but there are no cable stops, that I know of. I think you’re fighting an uphill battle on the cable/housing thing but I commend your efforts Mark. I’m still irked about clipping in to clipless pedals but that is a discussion for Tom’s thread. |
Originally Posted by randyjawa
(Post 23356281)
Got three sets of NOS top tube cable clamps. Campy and Shimano, as I recall. Even know exactly where they are. I have Simplex and Reg also, but not sure if they are NOS. I should take a look just to see what is in that drawer...
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...68d646fac1.jpg
Originally Posted by jdawginsc
(Post 23356292)
Campagnolo housing clamps never look out of place and usually shine up well.
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Originally Posted by jdawginsc
(Post 23356292)
Campagnolo housing clamps never look out of place and usually shine up well.
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There are no-name stainless housing clamps on that auction site, they are ok but one edge has a bit of stamping flash, they need 5 minutes attention with a riffler fie..
Also got some NOS AGPA chromed steel from the same place, they are good enough: https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...54749e19fa.jpg |
Originally Posted by RustyJames
(Post 23356121)
…except they have the DC logo etched into the raised area. I have no beef with DiaCompe products (they’re often excellent) but on a bike equipped with much Campy and Mafac brakes, kinda out of place.
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Originally Posted by noglider
(Post 23356251)
Haha, I'll join you in your word purification quest. It's an effort made in vain, but I do it anyway. The little balls in bearings: people call them ball bearings, but I call them bearing balls. Please join me. And there is no such thing as something that is very unique. Unique means one-of-a-kind, and you can't get closer to one than one. Something is either unique, or it is not. Nothing is more unique than another thing.
But where do you stand on the term bottom bracket? The term originally referred to the lug, aka bracket, at the bottom of the frame. The cups-balls-and-axle assembly are a bearing, not a bracket. OK, OK. I can live with EZPass and removal of those Tarrytown toll booths, though. |
Well, I had a look and then I took a shot, or two for you. If interested, anyone in any set, I will post on the For Sale forum and try to price reasonably...
DuraAce - not NOS but nice... https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...8d65a34fdd.jpg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...53cb396519.jpg Shimano NOS - 3 sets, 2 still packaged... https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...5794563910.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...be4f4a03f8.jpg Hurett - not perfect but I would clean up and use... https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...2140b5ef45.jpg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...8e01e1d175.jpg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...3cf0c226e9.jpg Campagnolo Old School - all five and three in the middle are pretty nice... https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...6031bdc994.jpg |
Dura Ace are easily the best ever made.
Simple fact ..... Not JMO |
Just kidding, but Zip Tie is missing an untapped market for a "chromed" version!
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Originally Posted by Steel Charlie
(Post 23356525)
Dura Ace are easily the best ever made.
Simple fact ..... Not JMO |
The Simplex, Campy, and Huret in my posession are still shiny.
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