Originally Posted by
Kontact
Dunno - I would have to look at lot of diagrams to remember which bike had what kind of stem. But certainly some Cervelos, Specialized and Trek had headset cable routing that went to housing stops in the upper down tube and needed the fork removed to run new cables. Some you could get away with snagging them around the BB if they didn't cross each other and push them through the chainstay.
I'll certainly take your word that some have been done this way. In which case, seems like poor design.