|   Internal cable routing -- is it a pain? | Mossy
Jan 17, 2002 2:34 PM | | Im planning to install new cables/housing for my Klein Adept for the first time. I've never dealt with internal routing before, so Im wondering if anyone has some suggestions to make it easier -- if in fact, it does make things tougher than external routing.. Thanks |
| no problem | rubbertoes
Jan 17, 2002 3:06 PM | | I also have had a Klein (5 years) and I've had no problems. If there are plastic tubes running through the frame be careful not to pull them out as they make the rethreading a snap. On the occasion when you have to "thread the needle" I found it effective to tape a strong magnet near the exit hole of the tube. The magnet will pull the cable closer to the hole and, voila! It took me about 10 minutes the first time and about three minutes each time thereafter. |
| On the other hand... | Cory
Jan 17, 2002 3:36 PM | | I have an old Trek touring bike with internal routing to the rear derailleur through the right chainstay. I pulled the cable out six or seven years ago and never could get it back. There is no internal tube, and I tried everything anybody ever heard of, including sticking dental floss in the front hole and trying to suck it out through the rear with a vacuum cleaner (the idea was that you'd attach the cable to the floss and pull it through). I finally got the bike working again with a clamp-on housing stop an old-school bike shop gave me (I didn't know they made such a thing).
It shifted fine that way, but it always bothered me. When I wanted to build a single-speed last year, I used that frame just so I wouldn't have to think about it anymore. |
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