🖤 Black Tektro Front Cable Hanger - Canti Fork Mount for Enhanced SEO Review

As other reviewers have noted, the hardware for this hanger is for side brakes that pivot from a center hole large enough for a recessed nut. . Many cantilever forks have a smaller center hole. This leaves the user with 3 options: drill a rear mounting hole, get a 6mm longer bolt and nut, or try installing the nut in the fork. Drilling out is easy, but a choice of mounting hardware would be helpful. Otherwise this is a great solution for center pull brakes.

I used this suspension to mount some Avid Shorty Ultimate cantilever brakes. It offers enough clearance to allow the cantilever brakes to be adjusted for maximum performance. I would have liked the suspension to be 5-10mm taller, but I still prefer it to steering column mounted suspensions. I used this product on a Kinesis aluminum fork (about 18 years old) and had to drill the rear hole for the hex bolt that holds the hanger in place. Boring out the fork wasn't difficult, but it was…

The nuts and bolts supplied with this suspension will only fit a fork that has sunken nut holes (eg modern calipers). If you have a connector with a smaller reflector hole with an external nut, you may need to purchase additional hardware to install it. Now I have installed the gimbal and it works perfectly. The adjustable cable stopper is very good and looks very attractive. I would give 5 stars if the product came with all the hardware required. I've found that the "cleanest" way to attach…