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03-27-12 | 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by fuzz2050

With larger bikes, you might need a tandem length cable, but that's a quick fix.

Beat me to it. Other than that, no worries.

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Originally Posted by Bikedued

I have never found a way to route the housing past the brake lever, where it's not pressing on my hand painfully in the drops(on either side). The path of least resistance works for me, literally.,,,,BD

It's easy. From the shifter, run the housing on the bottom of the bar. As the bar bends up, follow along the front of the bar. When you get it up to the brake lever, transition over to the inside of the curve and run it along the front of the bar in the middle, maybe just a bit below center, and exit the tape at the middle of the bar.

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