Stem with hole in it for canti brake use, Aheadset type.

[palinurus]

Do these exist? if so, do they have a name so I can search for them?

 

[rogerzilla]

Probably not for a threadless fork, since the industry had moved to V-brakes by then. Headset hanger? Uphanger?

 

[Peter Salt]

Never came across one. The hanger would usually be on a headset spacer.

 

[fossyant]

You can get either a headset spacer with the hanger built in (what is on my CX bike) or the up hangers which bolt to the brake/mudguard hole in the crown. If you havent got a hole, then its the headset spacer only.

 

[Ian H]

Many years ago I drilled & tapped a quill stem for that reason. But that was in the days of cables looping out of the top of the levers (it was for the double front brake of a trike).

 

[presta]

There's a thought, I used to have an adjustable stem with a threaded hole in and wondered what it was for. A PITA having to change the cable length every time you adjust the bars though.

 

[T4tomo]

Get an uphanher, shorter cable run, less chance of fork judder.

 

[fossyant]

Get an uphanher, shorter cable run, less chance of fork judder.

Thats the other thing, higher the cable 'stop' the more fork judder, although not noticed it on my bikes.

 

[Gunk]

You can get either a headset spacer with the hanger built in (what is on my CX bike) or the up hangers which bolt to the brake/mudguard hole in the crown. If you havent got a hole, then its the headset spacer only.

My Van Nic has one fitted

 

[rogerzilla]

But ensure the yoke cannot, under any circumstances, contact the hanger. If this happens, braking power stops right there. Which means the bike probably doesn't stop right there.