Simple Brake mod for brake users to increase power and cut the squeak

Quick edit since I can’t find the edit button….I choose to ride with brakes. This mod only applies to U-brakes. Many bikes don’t need it but some do. My current Cult Devotion 2021 needed it. Before there was an awful squeal every time I stopped and they felt slow/mushy. I noticed that when I pulled the lever, the brake arms were slightly flexing away from the seat stays. The little posts hold the cable in line with the stays. Also oil it when done. The wound loop of cable at the end there is just laziness on my part…

Many brands included these on their complete models to achieve the same goal – I’ve only ever found it online as the “GT crossover cable guide”, though they were common on other brands in the mid school era

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You would run the connecting cable between the arms through the guide, so the front of the loop is in front of the seatpost. That cable crosses over itself in a figure 8, hence the name crossover.

Then the hanger pulls it forward from inside the front frame triangle. Corrects the angle to match the seat stays and also pulls the arms in a more linear direction.

I still run one

Pretty cool idea. Could probably tidy it up using a jubilee with a screw instead of a handle?

Man you have not hurt yourself enough with your bike