derailleur cable routing: full length housing or not?
02-23-07, 12:47 PM
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derailleur cable routing: full length housing or not?
OK so I'm building up a new bike with internal cable routing. I have fittings to guide a full-length cable housing. Alternatively I can buy internal cable stops so the housing would be about the same lengths as usual except that the bare cables will be inside the down tube. They're pretty pricey though for a cheapskate like me ($11 each and I'll need four). Would shift quality improvement be significant with the internal cable stops versus full-length housing? $44 worth? The rest of the bits are Dura-Ace barcons and Ultegra derailleurs, Dura-Ace cassette, KMC chain. The barcons will be at the end of aerobars so if I go full-length housing that'll be a long stretch of housing.
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Originally Posted by yairi
OK so I'm building up a new bike with internal cable routing. I have fittings to guide a full-length cable housing. Alternatively I can buy internal cable stops so the housing would be about the same lengths as usual except that the bare cables will be inside the down tube. They're pretty pricey though for a cheapskate like me ($11 each and I'll need four). Would shift quality improvement be significant with the internal cable stops versus full-length housing? $44 worth? The rest of the bits are Dura-Ace barcons and Ultegra derailleurs, Dura-Ace cassette, KMC chain. The barcons will be at the end of aerobars so if I go full-length housing that'll be a long stretch of housing.
I consider internal cable routing extremely lame, putting styling ahead of functionality.
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Good enough for me, thanks.
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Hello:
just be sure to lubricate all of your cables and not with grease, use Triflow or a cable lube.
Thank you
Earl
just be sure to lubricate all of your cables and not with grease, use Triflow or a cable lube.
Thank you
Earl
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Originally Posted by Sheldon Brown
I consider internal cable routing extremely lame, putting styling ahead of functionality.
Sheldon "Protected From The Elements" Brown
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