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11-14-11 | 12:45 AM

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Doohickie

You gonna eat that?

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From: Fort Worth, Texas Church of Hopeful Uncertainty

Bikes: 1966 Raleigh DL-1 Tourist, 1973 Schwinn Varsity, 1983 Raleigh Marathon, 1994 Nishiki Sport XRS

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Originally Posted by jwood72

I love what you did with the cables. I really love the routing of the shifter cables.

Even though it's friction shifting, I had to use SIS shift housing. Way too much compression with brake housing. And to reach the rear derailleur, I had to actually buy a tandem bike shifter cable. It is a nice routing, very clean, but it takes some doing to get there. I put a similar cable setup on my 1994 Nishiki hybrid when I gave it a drop bar makeover.

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Originally Posted by Robofunc

That turned out super nice.

Thanks!

I did a little over 30 miles on it this evening, and everything seems to be running okay. I rode in the drops for a while because I had to head into a stiff breeze (probably 15-20 mph) for some of it.

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Last edited by Doohickie; 11-14-11 at 12:48 AM.

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