Originally Posted by
Kai Winters
I use the cable as a guide, sliding the housing out of the frame leaving the shift/brake cable intact then sliding the new housing up the cable. I don't worry about the length at that moment, only that it extends beyond both ends of the frame, then I remove the cable and size the housing cutting it to the correct length. I then install a new cable and voila I'm done.
Yup, that's how I usually do it, also teflon tubing worlks well, some frames come with some on them, and I have a bunch from racquet stringing. Most newer frames aren't the routing nightmare that some older ones were, but every so often you get that one that wants to test you.