Old 07-20-15 | 10:48 AM
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jdotconnor
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Correcting new road bike cable routing/bar tape on my own.

after receiving my road bike and going on 3 10 mile rides, soon to up the mileage, the other day while climbing I noticed a couple things.

1.) The cables seem to be twisted as they come from under the bar tape.

2.) it seems they should should have been installed in a different order.

3.) the cables are at different orientations under the bar tape from left to right hand making positioning while I am climbing.

4.) as a minor thing, the cable seem awfully long

My border-line OCD personality can't accept this so I'm going to fix it.
As I am about to buy a Specialized Toupe Saddle (I had one previously and was comfortable on it) and have this desire to try a white one I was also going to install matching white bar tape, despite knowing how dirty it will get, to match. My question is:

Is there a certain order from closest to stem to furthest that cables are suggested to go? ex: Alternating; left (front) brake, right (rear) brake, left (front derailer) shift, right (rear derailer)

As my flexibility is getting better the handlebars have been dropping 1cm at a time but looking at the mess in front of my stem gets to me.



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