The housing is on the longer side of being OK. It could be trimmed by maybe a 1/4 to 3/8 inch and form a smoother line coming off the top tube housing stop as long as it doesn't try to get too sharp at the caliper arm. You still want to have it loop up high enough that there's some movement in the housing to allow for the caliper arm motion as it closes and not develop any tension in the housing. It's great at the caliper but not quite perfect at the housing stop. But this is splitting hairs. It's actually very servicable as it sits and only us over the top fanatics would bother to shorten it by a hair....