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10-05-20 | 09:09 AM

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cyccommute

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Originally Posted by noobinsf

Is this cable guide supposed to go under the heart? The second photo highlights the routing with the red line under the cable. Shifting has been fine as is, but it looks like the cable could be closer to the chainstay. Am I imagining that?

I’ve never seen a cable stop that low on frame. I’ve seen lots of them that locate where the downtube shifter clamp is placed. Yours has one as well

I don’t think of them as some kind of anti-slip device but a locator. I suspect that the manufacturer of your bike intended them for the same thing.

Even if the stop is intended to act as an anti-slip device, using the point of the heart to keep the clamp from slipping makes no sense. You’d want the most contact available which means the top of the heart which provides to points of contact vs one. Bottom line: mount on top.

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