I’m trying to adjust the length of the front derailleur cable (new from factory, so for some reason, it’s like 4ft too long at the front…). For that, I need to remove the cable and cut the liner.
I’m a little bit worried about what will happen if I pull out the cable all the way. The exit hole to the front derailleur is so small that I can’t even thread a fishing line.
Does anybody know how it looks like inside? Easy the thread all the way?
I sat with my local wrench when he built up my bike, and as far as I could tell, it has internal guiding(correct term?).
Meaning that I can just thread the new cable in and it will inevitably come out at the exit hole? That would be very nice.
Yes sir, that is correct.
Ok, then I’ll take the chance! Thanks for the quick answer!
Well, that didn’t work out so well… 
The liner is all the way to the exit hole, but the cable itself just misses the exit each time. Trying to get a needle through the exit hole and into the liner to steer more precisely, but no luck so far…
Any advice?
I’m afraid my advice has run dry on that one. I wish I could be more help, but I’m not in the same location as my bike, otherwise I’d have a look and see what I could figure out.
Hope something works out for you!
Thanks! But I got it to work after a couple (oh well…) of tries.
The needle did the trick! I even repeated it a couple of times, just to make sure I won’t be afraid of changing the cabling myself next time I need it.
Sweet! I actually felt kinda bad that I might have given you bad advice.
Background:
I have an '09 Ordu and thought I might try to adjust the spongy feel of the rear brake. After talking with other Ordu owners, and Orbea directly, I learned the spongy feel is common with this frame design and the internal cable routing of the rear brake. Orbea techs say it can be done, but is very tedious, and not worth it unless absolutely necessary. So, I decided to live with it. I don’t notice it much anymore.
However, upon research, I found the following videos that will provide perspective to internal cable replacement, etc.
Perhaps they will be of help.
Part 1. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f8JijECXzc
Part 2. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mbaSAzgfiI
I would get an old cable, cut of ends so they are neat.
Tape them to existing cable that I plan to pull out & replace.
When I have fully extracted the existing cable, the taped old cable goes with it.
Then I tape the new cable pulling from the old cable as a guide.
Works all the time.
Yes, that’s probably the way to go, although it eventually did work without using an extra cable. I guess the easiest way to do might actually be to remove the front derailleur liner altogether since it’s in the way when trying to thread in the extra cable.
As for the rear brake cabling, it was absolutely no problem: the frame came without cable but with internal guiding. Just thread in the new cable and it will come out neatly!
…Just thread in the new cable and it will come out neatly!
Yep, usually pretty simple.
The challenge is adjusting (or replacing) the internal cable guide, which, when dislodged, will not allow the actual cable to slide within as efficiently as designed. This is usually the cause of the spongy rear brake feel…along with the inherit problem of internal cable routing in general.
Really, it’s not that bad. I just like a crisp feel.