Peter, IMO crossing the cables is a much better option than making housing bends tighter. Those tighter housing bends also often lead to rubbing on the frame and/or eventual failure of the housing at the end. I've never seen an issue with cables rubbing against each other. -Erik
On Oct 25, 12:03 pm, Peter Pesce <petepe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Travis, now I know I'm not totally out to lunch! My cables run > under the bar tops at about the same 4:00 position, and fall right > under the bend in my knuckles when I grip the bar there - it almost > feels MORE ergonomic than a plain round bar. I do the same cross-over, > but I did mine in front of the bosses, behind the head tube. I guess I > thought the slightly tighter curves were better than the cables > rubbing across each other, but it probably hardly matters. If you were > really concerned about the cables rubbing across each other I guess > you could put, one, or both, in a teflon sleeve where they cross. > > -Pete > > On Oct 25, 10:51 am, Travis <travisbreitenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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.
