Originally Posted by OneTinSloth
ZING! the only problem i had was the cable routing for the brakes. we tried to push the cables through the little aero holes on the handlebars, but it put too much of a kink in them, so we just left them coming straight out of the hoods...not very "aero," or "clean looking"
I faced the same problem when I had to setup a shimano road levers (not sti) on a tsunami cowhorn bar (from chuck's). When I tried to route the cable through the aero hole it was just not possible because the kink was too acute. So I picked up a noodle (used on MTB v brakes), bent it a little (it is already 90 degrees, but a few more degrees was necessary for mine), cut it to length and inserted it into the aero hole. The cable housing ends at one end of the noodle (just like in a MTB v brake) inside the bar. The other end of noodle is in contact with the brake lever (where the cable would end otherwise). It takes some patience to get it right, but not that difficult. It looks super clean and well worth the effort. Braking is smooth since the noodle has a plastic tube inside that provides friction free movement for cable.