Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads The old brake cable is in housing across the whole top tube. Do I need to add clamp-on cable stops for the v-brakes cable? by Ok_Boysenberry_2768 Bicycling Bike Bike Repair Biking Cycling Repair
GenericName187 on April 12, 2024 1:42 am No, just run full length housing through those cable guides to the noodle. But check your brake posts, that bike looks old enough to have weird 1980s [post spacing](https://velo-orange.blogspot.com/2017/09/canti-post-sizing-psa.html?m=1#:~:text=The%20current%20standard%20for%20the,mm%20(centre%20to%20centre)) or spring holes on the [wrong side](https://www.reddit.com/r/bikewrench/comments/l4i3pu/how_do_i_mount_brakes_to_these_posts_spring_holes/)
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No, just run full length housing through those cable guides to the noodle.
But check your brake posts, that bike looks old enough to have weird 1980s [post spacing](https://velo-orange.blogspot.com/2017/09/canti-post-sizing-psa.html?m=1#:~:text=The%20current%20standard%20for%20the,mm%20(centre%20to%20centre)) or spring holes on the [wrong side](https://www.reddit.com/r/bikewrench/comments/l4i3pu/how_do_i_mount_brakes_to_these_posts_spring_holes/)