I prefer this method as well - it's cleaner and it shifts fine. It does require extra cable though. I use inner cable meant for a tandem to reach my rear derailleur.
It's fine to have the cables exit your bar top at the same place. People who use Campy or Sram brake/shift levers do this all the time. I like mine to run along the bottom fronts of the bar tops (about 4 o'clock), it feels nice in the hand. Also, I think it looks much cleaner and has less friction if you route your front derailleur cable across the head tube to the right side down tube cable boss, and your RD cable to the left side DT cable boss, and then cross the bare cable back over underneath the DT on their way to the bottom bracket. So essentially you follow the natural curve of the cable housing across to the wrong side of the bike then compensate by making the bare cable cross over underneath. It sounds complicated, but this way you avoid excess dramatic cable swoops trying to get your right shifter cable back over to the right side down tube cable braze on, and so on. I hope that makes sense. You'll see right away when you try to route the cable on the bike. On Oct 25, 10:30 am, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > same here... tandem cables and such. works great. I also like to route > cable on front of bar as it gives a flatter platform on top which I > find more comfortable. > > ~Mike~ > > On Oct 25, 6:29 am, Peter Pesce <petepe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I did this on my Sam, as I don't care for the "flying whiskers" look > > of the cables that come off the drops. > > > One thing to keep in mind, depending on your circumstances, is how > > they route to the down tube stops. Sometimes the transition directly > > to the stop can be tight. > > > On Oct 25, 1:40 am, Kevin Turinsky <kjturin...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > I'm considering rerouting my derailleur cables from my bar-end > > > shifters, under the tape, all the way up the bars, just like my brake > > > cables. The reason I'm thinking of doing this is because then the > > > cables and my Berthoud bag will no longer have to quarrel. > > > > Anyone already done this? Any tips? Any hobgoblins to look out for? > > > Photos? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Kevin Turinsky > > > RUSA RBA - Alaska > > > alaskarandonneurs.org > > > The Big Wild Ride - Alaska's 1200K- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
