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Old 02-24-09 | 11:43 PM
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From: Nilbog

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reroute cables - accept it or change it?

Due to looking at too many nice bikes in this forum I have realized that my cables were incorrectly routed when originally built up. The rear brake cable (when standing in front of the bike) goes around the left side of the headtube and up and under the top tube to the opening (internally routed to the back). The two shifter cables are routed properly, but the housing is unnecessarily long.

I'm contemplating working on these, but feel it is a bit silly considering it won't change anything about how the bike rides. Purely aesthetics.

Also, the rear brake is a Delta and I have not worked on these before and read they are difficult to work on. I think to cut the housing on the shifters I'd have to undue the cables, pull them out, cut the housing, rethread, and possibly adjust the derailleurs. Can't decide what to do...

1) Leave it alone, ride the bike, and stop looking at it so much.

2) Work on it myself, which could take quite some time since I'm new to Delta brakes. And, working on derailleurs is something I've still yet to get really good at.

3) Take it to the shop and tell them I need them to do all this work just so the cables look nicer.
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