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Drum brake installation - cable guides on fork?
I'm approaching the end of a build, and the last thing to do is build the drum brake-equipped front wheel once my XL-FD hub arrives. I've never had a bike with drum brakes before, and I'm trying to figure out what'll keep the cable from flopping around on its run from the brake lever to the reaction arm on the hub. It'll be going onto a Panasonic Sport 500, an early '80s 10-speed. I'm hoping for something a bit nicer than just zipties, but it seems like that's perhaps the simplest option? I looked for pictures of these hubs installed, but everything was a close-up of just the hub, or if it showed more of the fork, it was usually on a bike that had brazed-on cable guides from the factory.