Originally Posted by
illwafer
i think i understand what you are describing.
i conquered this task by putting housing as you did above, but running it under the bottom bracket. just cut the housing short after it makes the bend and before it would would connect to the old FD. it will stay in place. i could have cut mine way shorter, but i was a newb back then.
Thanks for the tip. I think this should work well, though I still have to get used to the way it looks. I'm slow to adapt. As luck would have it, I didn't have to cut the housing at all. What you see below is the same length as routed directly to the Valentino RD. And as proof that good things come to those who wait, I hadn't yet cut the period-correct Campagnolo shift cables (gifted by miamijim) which are also a perfect fit with this routing. Meant to be?
