Originally Posted by
Bob Dopolina
The in-line adjusters add drag.
How so? I haven't noticed any issues with mine. I could probably get rid of the RD one, it's useless. The FD one is handy.
Originally Posted by
MikeyBoyAz
criss crossing can cause the shifting to degrade because the tension on one cable will affect the other, no reason I can think to ever criss cross the cables against each other.
I CALIFORNIA cross my cables. I live in California, I thought it was mandatory. Actually, the cables look better at the head tube & bend less, and unless it's my imagination it gets the cables away from the downtube walls inside the tubing.
Regardless, i have no issues with concealed shift cables (SRAM Red). I haven't used my old 6500 shifters in a while but I didn't have any issues when I switched.