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Originally Posted by davidindec
Another novice question.

Why do the cables for barcon shifters come out of the drop wrap a fist length from the end instead of going all the way under the wrap and exiting the same place as brifters?

Thank you for satisfying my curiosity.
I use Suntour Bar-cons (the only shifter that can actually claim this naming right) and have my shifter housings under my bar tape... being friction only they don't have any shifting issues but an indexed system might as they are more temperamental.


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