Steve P. runs barcons with housing under the tape all the way to the tops on at least one bike. My Atlantis has a DT shifter on the left, and an 8-speed indexed barcon on the right, with housing under the tape all the way to the tops.
Another alternative that keeps housing out of the way is stem-shifters. Like this: Stem Shifter Setup <https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/15859930641> Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 10:17:50 AM UTC-7, dougP wrote: > > "Just to be clear on this, I don't know what I may add in future, > rack/bag, handlebar bag, etc. My preference is for neat and tidy cable > routing. If barcon cables can be mostly tucked under the bar tape instead > of big and loopy, they may still work for me. But, I don't know how neat > and tidy routing may affect cable life." > > We had a thread a while back on routing the bar end shifter cables under > the tape that may be worth searching for. IIRC the consensus was it was a > successful approach. My wife's Atlantis came with drops with the cables > under the tape, exiting near the stem. Quite tidy, allows her a choice of > front bags (currently an Acorn that nearly fills between the drops). n > She's had the bike now well over 5 years & I may have replaced cables once, > just on general principles (we bought it used). Rivendell could also tell > you what they've done. > > dougP > > On Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 8:21:22 AM UTC-7, Tim Butterfield wrote: >> >> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 10:45 PM, Tim Butterfield <timbutt...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> One thing I have noticed from the bike pictures that included bar end >>> shifters is there seems to be more cable looped in front of the bars. If I >>> decide to add a front rack and bag later, would that extra cable have any >>> interference from that? Just wondering if there are any gotchas to be >>> aware of. >>> >> >> Just to be clear on this, I don't know what I may add in future, >> rack/bag, handlebar bag, etc. My preference is for neat and tidy cable >> routing. If barcon cables can be mostly tucked under the bar tape instead >> of big and loopy, they may still work for me. But, I don't know how neat >> and tidy routing may affect cable life. >> >> Tim >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
