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Old 05-05-17 | 11:09 AM
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ptempel
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From: Thornton, CO

Bikes: 2003 Orbea Orca, 2003 Bianchi Imola, ? Waterford

Originally Posted by KD5NRH
Depends largely on how your cables are routed and whether they're fully housed along the tubes. The straps will need to be threaded under any bare cables on the tubes, and any rub will wear out the straps fairly quickly.
Aaaah. I didn't think about my break cable routing. On both of my bikes it is routed externally. I guess that's another weak excuse to try an convince the wife that I need a newer frameset? ...But honey, the brake cable on this will wear out the strap on my framebag!
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