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Community => Thorn General => Topic started by: Toby. on January 31, 2008, 06:32:29 PM

Title: B+M IQfly on a RavenTour
Post by: Toby. on January 31, 2008, 06:32:29 PM

I have just fitted the IQfly to my RT and it really is a very good headlight but it has messed up the clean, fair sweep of my shifter and brake cables.
I've never been a fan of those head tube cable guides, they seem to be in the wrong place and at the wrong angle, but since they are there I have to use them or the cables will snag on them.
Has anyone got a neater solution to resolving the cable route than my zip tie from the stem, (see pic), because this seems a bit strained and I hate heavy action controls!
The IQfly gave easily enough light for 35mph down a pot-holed, pitch black lane on Dartmoor last night when I took it for a test ride

Title: Re: B+M IQfly on a RavenTour
Post by: freddered on January 31, 2008, 07:19:54 PM

Quote from: Toby. on January 31, 2008, 06:32:29 PM

I have just fitted the IQfly to my RT and it really is a very good headlight but it has messed up the clean, fair sweep of my shifter and brake cables.
I've never been a fan of those head tube cable guides, they seem to be in the wrong place and at the wrong angle, but since they are there I have to use them or the cables will snag on them.
Has anyone got a neater solution to resolving the cable route than my zip tie from the stem, (see pic), because this seems a bit strained and I hate heavy action controls!
The IQfly gave easily enough light for 35mph down a pot-holed, pitch black lane on Dartmoor last night when I took it for a test ride

Buy an Avid Ultimate V Brake for the front.  The cable enters the 'noodle' on the right as you look at it, not the left as per all the other v-brakes.  Takes care of 1 cable.

PS.  You have a plank of wood wedged under your fork crown

Title: Re: B+M IQfly on a RavenTour
Post by: PH on January 31, 2008, 07:49:57 PM

Easier than messing with the cables would be to use a spacer to put the light further forward.  I've done this on a non Thorn bike, though not with that light. 

Title: Re: B+M IQfly on a RavenTour
Post by: Toby. on February 03, 2008, 01:00:40 PM

Thanks for the suggestions, nice to see that Avid are now making a v brake with the correct cable route for right handed front brakes, pricy though.
I reckon that I can improve matters with a bit of careful bending of the stainless mounting bracket to get the light lower and farther forward.
I'll post a pic of the entire bike in the gallery if anyone is interested to see a bike with steam bent ash mudguards.

Title: Re: B+M IQfly on a RavenTour
Post by: DavidH on February 03, 2008, 06:08:20 PM

regarding the plank of wood wedged in the Fork Crown: do they work well, where did you get them from, how much, and how heavy are they (compared to MKS for example)? are they the ones reviewed in Cycle plus a few months back?

Title: Re: B+M IQfly on a RavenTour
Post by: Toby. on February 04, 2008, 07:36:09 PM

Hi DavidH, I've put a pic and info in the gallery elsewhere on this forum. Don't know much about Cycling Plus's mudguards, apart from that they cost a pretty penny! I made these ones myself, as a product prototype that I might explore further one day.

Title: Re: B+M IQfly on a RavenTour
Post by: john28july on February 04, 2008, 09:56:03 PM

Quote from: Toby. on February 04, 2008, 07:36:09 PM

Hi DavidH, I've put a pic and info in the gallery elsewhere on this forum. Don't know much about Cycling Plus's mudguards, apart from that they cost a pretty penny! I made these ones myself, as a product prototype that I might explore further one day.

Hello,
It takes all sorts, and I guess this is one of them? :o
John.
www.pbase.com/john28july