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Larry
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I have a new bike, my first with brifters. The owner of my LBS routed
the cables in a somewhat unusual way. He ran the shift cable from the
right brifter to the left cable stop and vice versa. The cable routing
DOES look better this way, and the cable housings do not rub on the
head tube.
The downside of this is that the cables have to cross each other under
the downtube, where they also contact the downtube. He ran the cables
through some sleeving at the point of contact with the downtube, but I
can't help but think that there has got to be a better way.
Two approaches come to mind:
1. Make the cable stops longer so that they hang below the downtube
sufficiently so that the cables can clear the downtube on their way to
the bottm bracket. If the cable stops were of different lengths, the
cables would not contact each other where they crossed.
2. Use a tiny nylon/teflon doohickey stuck to the downtube under and
between the cables to prevent them from contacting each other or the
downtube.
Does anyone know of either of these solutions is possible? Is there a
product of some sort that supports this cable routing to keep the
cables from contacting the downtube? I really like the way that this
cable routing looks and would like to keep it.
TIA
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Larry
the cables in a somewhat unusual way. He ran the shift cable from the
right brifter to the left cable stop and vice versa. The cable routing
DOES look better this way, and the cable housings do not rub on the
head tube.
The downside of this is that the cables have to cross each other under
the downtube, where they also contact the downtube. He ran the cables
through some sleeving at the point of contact with the downtube, but I
can't help but think that there has got to be a better way.
Two approaches come to mind:
1. Make the cable stops longer so that they hang below the downtube
sufficiently so that the cables can clear the downtube on their way to
the bottm bracket. If the cable stops were of different lengths, the
cables would not contact each other where they crossed.
2. Use a tiny nylon/teflon doohickey stuck to the downtube under and
between the cables to prevent them from contacting each other or the
downtube.
Does anyone know of either of these solutions is possible? Is there a
product of some sort that supports this cable routing to keep the
cables from contacting the downtube? I really like the way that this
cable routing looks and would like to keep it.
TIA
--
When trying to contact me, be polite. Rudeness will not get you anywhere.
Larry