I ride 51cm and did the same thing once upon a time. I also needed a tandem cable to make it work.
with that being said, i never had any issues but I think at the time i was running my shimano shifters indexed. On Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 3:03:58 PM UTC-4 Jeremy Till wrote: > That's the case with big frames and bar end shifters whether you route the > cables outside the tape (as I prefer) or wrap it all the way to the middle. > I ride 64cm frames with bar ends and have always needed tandem cables on > the rear. > > -Jeremy Till > Sacramento, CA > > > On Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 10:18:33 AM UTC-7, Friend wrote: >> >> Good point. Also, as I'm discovering with frustration, shifter cables >> don't come long enough to reach the rear derailleur on 63cm frames. >> >> On Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 3:37:01 PM UTC-4, Joe Bernard wrote: >>> >>> The only potential (not likely) problem is all those bends will cause >>> enough friction to screw up the shifting. This is a bigger concern with >>> indexed, but will probably be fine either way. >> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6bff87f3-f818-4647-968c-cb4aa131e8c4n%40googlegroups.com.
