Internal Routing question - Front Der.
05-11-11, 10:36 AM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2009
Location: NYC
Posts: 2,780
Bikes: Felt AR1, Cervelo S2
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 17 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times
in
2 Posts
Internal Routing question - Front Der.
So far i've owned frames with two different approaches to internal routing.
My BMC had stops for regular barrel adjusters, so that was no problem.
My Felt routes the cable housing all the way through the frame, so for the front der you'd need an inline barrel adjuster. I didn't build it this way - i just adjusted it by hand and it shifts fine. it was just a major pain to get the tension right.
i've also heard that inline barrel adjusters suck and lose their position often.
my new cervelo frameset will not have room for regular barrel adjusters either.
so, the question is - would you build it with an inline barrel adjuster or is there a trick to getting the FD tension right without one?
My BMC had stops for regular barrel adjusters, so that was no problem.
My Felt routes the cable housing all the way through the frame, so for the front der you'd need an inline barrel adjuster. I didn't build it this way - i just adjusted it by hand and it shifts fine. it was just a major pain to get the tension right.
i've also heard that inline barrel adjusters suck and lose their position often.
my new cervelo frameset will not have room for regular barrel adjusters either.
so, the question is - would you build it with an inline barrel adjuster or is there a trick to getting the FD tension right without one?
