I have read through a few older posts, but am looking for a little clarification before I walk myself off a potential cliff…
S-works transition.
If you run a piece of housing through the appropriate hole behind the steer tube, does it just magically come out where it is supposed to, then you cable it?
Ie, the cable exit for the front derailleur seems like it would be entirely impossible to get cable out of that spot unless some internal guides led it there…
And if this is the case, I really don’t need to worry about taping new cable to old cable before pulling out then, to act as a re-entry guide?
Thanks!
just poke it through it’s internally routed so it will magically appear.
no need t hassle with taping.
The specialized is poke and play.
I have read through a few older posts, but am looking for a little clarification before I walk myself off a potential cliff…
S-works transition.
If you run a piece of housing through the appropriate hole behind the steer tube, does it just magically come out where it is supposed to, then you cable it?
Ie, the cable exit for the front derailleur seems like it would be entirely impossible to get cable out of that spot unless some internal guides led it there…
And if this is the case, I really don’t need to worry about taping new cable to old cable before pulling out then, to act as a re-entry guide?
Thanks!
For the front derailleur you push the cable housing into the hole behind the stem until it seats in an internal stop. Then you push the cable through the housing and it “magically” comes out of the hole in the frame. At least that was MY experience.
For both the rear derailleur and the rear brake, the housing comes out of the other end and you set it in the appropriate cable stop.
Awesome. Thanks guys. So much easier than some of the other nightmares I’ve encountered.
Can’t wait to get this built up.
I had this problem till my LBS told me how to do it. Once you clip the ends off the cable and they are just hanging there slide a long piece of housing on to the cable pushing the housing until it pops out the hole by the stem. At this point you can remove the cable and all that is left is the housing poking out of the entry and exit holes. Now re-thread the cable and before attaching your derailleurs and brake pull the housing back out. It makes life easy.
I had this problem till my LBS told me how to do it. Once you clip the ends off the cable and they are just hanging there slide a long piece of housing on to the cable pushing the housing until it pops out the hole by the stem. At this point you can remove the cable and all that is left is the housing poking out of the entry and exit holes. Now re-thread the cable and before attaching your derailleurs and brake pull the housing back out. It makes life easy.
Huh?
Hey, forgot to ask, why the two cable exits on the bottom of the down tube?
My current brake cable is coming out of the one closest to the bottom bracket.
Is the other one the SRM exit?
Hey, forgot to ask, why the two cable exits on the bottom of the down tube?
My current brake cable is coming out of the one closest to the bottom bracket.
Is the other one the SRM exit?
Yup…that’s the “accessory port” 