I think a lot of people stick with bars they aren't the happiest with longer than they want because of the cost involved with swapping them out. Housing/Cable/Grips/Tape not just the bars. I just glued grips on a bar and I really want to slip a 8 speed thumb shifter on replacing a downtube shifter but i don't want to buy new grips... Ughhh its always something.
You could get new cables because they probably won't be long enough and try blakclouds ferrule to ferrule temporary fix maybe find a spacer at home depot/lowes that the ferrules will just fit into and then heat shrink it in that spot so the junction didn't kink under load... On Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 12:15:18 PM UTC-7, Ash A wrote: > > Foks, > > Much appreciate the info. > > The LBS said replacing the housing is the only option. Now I know I'm not > the only one with the crazy idea of adding an extra piece of cable hosing. > That said, perhaps the LBS doesn't see a great value in doing the > extension by means of inline adjusters. Because 4 adjusters cost almost > same as new cable set. > > Just learned bike part lingo for the 'coupling' in question is 'junction > ferrule'. They are buck or two cheaper than barrel adjusters. I'm going > with barrel adjusters because they are better value than junction ferrules. > > I was a hoping for a cheap sturdy piece plastic pipe that you could slide > two pieces of cables housings into. > > > > On Monday, 13 March 2017 17:46:28 UTC-7, Andrew Letton wrote: >> >> They make in-line cable adjusters that would probably do the trick for >> you. Something like these: >> >> >> https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=in-line+cable+adjusters >> >> HTH, >> Andrew >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Ash A <ash...@gmail.com> >> *To:* RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 14, 2017 11:43 AM >> *Subject:* [RBW] Is it possible to 'lengthen' cable housing? >> >> >> I want to raise the handlebar a bit on a road bike own. This would >> require longer cables. The bike is relatively new, so I don't feel like >> unwrapping the handlebar tape. Want to keep the 'original' finish for a >> little while. >> >> I'm thinking of adding a small piece of cable housing at the end of >> housings attached to the handlebar. Is there any problem with this hack? >> Also, is there any product (like a coupling) out there that can close the >> gap that will exist when I add the extra piece. >> >> Thanks! >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- 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.
