Originally Posted by
Darth_Firebolt
most of the time, the cables are crossed to keep the housing from rubbing on the sides of the headtube. some companies have finally realized this, and have begun
putting the braze ons ON the headtube. spooky and a few others have begun to do this.
What they haven't seemed to realize though, is that now the shifter cables are unable to flex as easily out of the way of the front brake cable when turning. Kinked housings and early failure.
I'll prefer the old way of wide cable arcs and criss/crossing to a dt mount.