BB cable guide squeaking
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BB cable guide squeaking
I've never heard anyone else ever mention this but my cable guide/cable interface squeaks when I shift because it gets dry from the dirt. My other bike did this and I just thought it was a bad design or something but now my new bike is doing it too. Anyone ever dealt with this?
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What did your cable guide look like then? I don't see how I could run full length housing on mine..
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Here are some pics:
before:
After drilling, but before putting it back on the bike.
I didn't happen to take close up photos of how it looks on the bike once installed. I also had to drill out the cable stops and I cut off one end off two plastic ferrules to run the cable housing through them so that it would fit snugly inside the old cable stops which are now cable guides.
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I think it's a pretty standard plastic guide. I had to drill it out a bit to accomodate for the wider cable housing and drill a hole laterally to attach it wih a zip tie.
Here are some pics:
before:
After drilling, but before putting it back on the bike.
I didn't happen to take close up photos of how it looks on the bike once installed. I also had to drill out the cable stops and I cut off one end off two plastic ferrules to run the cable housing through them so that it would fit snugly inside the old cable stops which are now cable guides.
Here are some pics:
before:
After drilling, but before putting it back on the bike.
I didn't happen to take close up photos of how it looks on the bike once installed. I also had to drill out the cable stops and I cut off one end off two plastic ferrules to run the cable housing through them so that it would fit snugly inside the old cable stops which are now cable guides.
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I've had the same issue on multiple bikes and also eventually went to full housing. Jagwire makes a kit that uses cable liners for the bits that don't normally have cable housing on them, so you don't need to drill out cable stops or BB guides or anything. Been using it for a couple months and I'm satisfied.
https://jagwire.com/products/diy-cab...road-shift-kit
https://jagwire.com/products/diy-cab...road-shift-kit
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I've had the same issue on multiple bikes and also eventually went to full housing. Jagwire makes a kit that uses cable liners for the bits that don't normally have cable housing on them, so you don't need to drill out cable stops or BB guides or anything. Been using it for a couple months and I'm satisfied.
https://jagwire.com/products/diy-cab...road-shift-kit
https://jagwire.com/products/diy-cab...road-shift-kit
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Haven't really thought about what keeps it in place but I'd guess tension, mostly. I haven't had any problems since I installed it, including a 125-mile gravel race that had very sandy conditions (Open Range Gravel Race) and the 100+ mile Maisie's Pride.
I didn't bother with the brake housing and liners, I'm sure they're fine but keeping the brake cables clean is far less urgent of an issue for me.
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It's normal cable housing from the shifter to the cable stop, then the liner has a little flange on the end so you thread it through the cable housing and it doesn't get pulled all the way out. The kit has special ferrules and such too. Then basically the liner runs from the cable stop to the derailleur.
Haven't really thought about what keeps it in place but I'd guess tension, mostly. I haven't had any problems since I installed it, including a 125-mile gravel race that had very sandy conditions (Open Range Gravel Race) and the 100+ mile Maisie's Pride.
I didn't bother with the brake housing and liners, I'm sure they're fine but keeping the brake cables clean is far less urgent of an issue for me.
Haven't really thought about what keeps it in place but I'd guess tension, mostly. I haven't had any problems since I installed it, including a 125-mile gravel race that had very sandy conditions (Open Range Gravel Race) and the 100+ mile Maisie's Pride.
I didn't bother with the brake housing and liners, I'm sure they're fine but keeping the brake cables clean is far less urgent of an issue for me.
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Yeah it's irritating. Even after just a couple rides under normal/optimal conditions there would be enough dust on my BB that it squeaked like an old house every time I shifted. Irritating on normal rides, downright rage-inducing on all-day events.
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It's weird though, I feel like I have never heard anyone else's bike squeak like that when I'm out riding with them. Maybe it's just too quiet to be heard by others? Sure doesn't seem like it.
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I've had the same issue on multiple bikes and also eventually went to full housing. Jagwire makes a kit that uses cable liners for the bits that don't normally have cable housing on them, so you don't need to drill out cable stops or BB guides or anything. Been using it for a couple months and I'm satisfied.
https://jagwire.com/products/diy-cab...road-shift-kit
https://jagwire.com/products/diy-cab...road-shift-kit
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I've never heard anyone else ever mention this but my cable guide/cable interface squeaks when I shift because it gets dry from the dirt. My other bike did this and I just thought it was a bad design or something but now my new bike is doing it too. Anyone ever dealt with this?
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I've used this liner combined with the shimano necked ferrules that come in their newer kits to run full length within the cannondale BB cable guides
https://www.amazon.com/Jagwire-Black.../dp/B0029LF1XO
https://www.amazon.com/Jagwire-Black.../dp/B0029LF1XO
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And I thought Jamis was weird for running full shift housing from end to end along the underside of the top tube... joke's on me.
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