Bare Cable Exposure: Why?

(Pete Cresswell) said:

I've got a new bike on which the maker saw fit to
braze cable stops on the chainstay that expose about
4" of cable.

Seems like a lot of work for a minimal weight savings,
minimal added stiffness, and exposing the cables to
whatever crud accumulates there (it's an MTB).

There must be a reason.......?

Normally it's done because cable housing compresses, so you
avoid it where possible. 4" is pretty pointless though.

(Pete Cresswell) said:

I've got a new bike on which the maker saw fit to braze
cable stops on the chainstay that expose about 4" of cable.

Seems like a lot of work for a minimal weight savings,
minimal added stiffness, and exposing the cables to
whatever crud accumulates there (it's an MTB).

There must be a reason.......?

Is it a full-suspension unit? I've seen that done on several
of those, apparently to minimize the housing creep that
might otherwise occur.
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RE/

Quoted message said:

Is it a full-suspension unit? I've seen that done on
several of those, apparently to minimize the housing creep
that might otherwise occur.

Yes, FS.

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(Pete Cresswell) said:

RE/

Quoted message said:

Is it a full-suspension unit? I've seen that done on
several of those, apparently to minimize the housing creep
that might otherwise occur.

Yes, FS.

Ah. That's probably it, then. They likely wanted to keep
suspension motion from causing the cable housing to creep
in either direction and bind or pull out of a ferrule. By
having the section that carries the cable past the
suspension flex anchored to a braze-on at both ends, it
minimizes the number of ways that the cable can do
unwanted things.
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Typoes are a feature, not a bug. Some gardening required to
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