Swapping Star Nuts...

[bikeperson45]

Since getting my Ashton the only fault with it is that the little gear guide stops the cable from doing a rotation. I'd run the cable through the headtube but there's very little tyre clearance and I think with such a sharp bend to run down the forks it will effect the braking.

So basically, I plan on getting a longer cable and I've seen some set up so the cable is wrapped around the outside of the headtube. Will this cause any braking problems?

Thanks

I'm going to try putting the cable through the steerer, but that makes a new question. Can/should I take my hollow star nut out of my old pair of fork then insert it in my current ones? So what would be the rest way of removing the old one completely?

Thanks

Edited May 26, 2011 by bikeperson45

[Scott Gibbs]

I cant see it being too much of an issue running a cable through the steerer lots of street riders do no problems. If you run a REALLY long cable round the outside but i reckon you will experience alot of cable flex.

[Laurence--Trials]

App' cable brakes feel shit when run though a steerer.

[Scott Gibbs]

Really? I wouldnt of imagined alot of difference as the cable runs a very similar route as it would normally do.

[bikeperson45]

App' cable brakes feel shit when run though a steerer.

Worked fine with me before, only problem now is that I'm using different forks so, where the cable had been able to stay reasonably straight previously, the cable has to bend almost at a 90 degree angle before it runs alongside the fork leg again.

It's annoying me, miss doing footjam tailwhips . Thanks for the replies.

[Carlperkins]

i always run my brake through the forks, always worked fine for me. i had a bb5 with a cheap cable too.

all you need is a hollow star nut and bolt. im running maggy hs33's through the forks at the moment and all fine too.

i dont think winding the cable round the headtube will be very good, because when id done a footjam and the rear brake cable was wrapped once or twice around the frame, the cable was being oulled and the brakes were on abit.

[Topsy]

^That didn't help him much if you ask me.. I'd go with getting a longer cable. Should not even need to be so much longer i guess

Edited May 24, 2011 by Hopping_Topsy

[Carlperkins]

i think i may have misunderstood his problem?

anyway my main point is.. running the cable through the forks if fine, as long as you don't have more than say a 90 degree angle then its fine.

[Dwarf Shortage]

Would it not be possible to *shudders* fit a gyro?

I'll shut the door on my way out.

[Skoze]

My front vee's run through the steerer on the 609, it works but there's a lot of room for improvement. Feels pretty shite on the whole haha.

[Scott Gibbs]

Would it not be possible to *shudders* fit a gyro?

I'll shut the door on my way out.

That would look kinda cool!!!! Dammit stop putting silly ideas in my head! LOL!!

[bikeperson45]

Thanks for the replies, gyro's out of the question because I can't be bothered

I'm going to try putting the cable through the steerer, but that makes a new question. Can/should I take my hollow star nut out of my old pair of fork then insert it in my current ones? So what would be the rest way of removing the old one completely?

Thanks

Edited May 26, 2011 by bikeperson45

[Miles Mallinson]

Its not really recommended that you use a old star nut because the sides are already bent in, you can bend them back but it proberly won't grip the steerer tube right, to get them out though I use a thick piece of dowel with a jubilee clip on the top to stop it splitting and hammer the star nut down.

Edited May 26, 2011 by Milo123

[Carlperkins]

Thanks for the replies, gyro's out of the question because I can't be bothered

I'm going to try putting the cable through the steerer, but that makes a new question. Can/should I take my hollow star nut out of my old pair of fork then insert it in my current ones? So what would be the rest way of removing the old one completely?

Thanks

if you dont damage it too much then yeah itll work. get a long rod, i use a bit of copper plumbing pipe, i then put the bolt in the starnut and put the pipe over the bolt (to keep it centered) then bang it with a hammer down through the forks till it pops out.

if you have forks with a steerer that gets thicker at the bottom you will have an issue though. if not just buy a new one, they are only like £5.00 on tartys.

[Miles Mallinson]

To add to that if you can't get the old star nut on you current forks all the way down the steerer tube out, drill a hole in the starnuts thread big enough to run a cable through.

Edited May 26, 2011 by Milo123

[bikeperson45]

Thanks a lot for the advice, tried removing it from the old forks but saw that it was n't going to come out imaculete so went to Chainreaction, where I ended up buying some gloves, some grips and a brake cable...