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Location: Northern California
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That noodle has such a troublesome sharp/crude bend in it. No doubt would it feed the two-headed hydra of cable friction and cable elasticity, which, together, multiply in creating motion error between lever and component (derailer).
Might even lead to a broken brake cable if used for a brake cable hanger (as is common to find).
Major fail by whoever designed it AND whoever spec'd the OEM use of it.
I don't believe for one minute that it is a Suntour part.