beerman - a few months ago I'd have agreed with you, but then I ran out of options whilst setting up some oldschool brakes on a mtb (suntour cantis with a power hanger) and Nokon was the only thing that would work. That stuff is only for ultra ****ty cable routing, and I think front Ubrakes fit that description. I'm not saying regular or linear cable wont work, just that Nokon might work better.