Chris Cocalis and "thoughtful" cable routing...did you not look at the photo of the Firebird in your article...and the Mach 6, Switchblade...nobody routes the derailleur cable under the bottom bracket where they can catch, snag or be ripped out of the frame. I can't believe Pivot, a company that is next door to Phoenix's south Mountain park, continues to route this cable so thoughtlessly. And that first iteration of the Mach 6 with the cables crisscrossing below the top tube, above the rear shock...noisy, binding and protruding. It is safe to say that Chris Cocalis places cable routing LAST in his designs.
July 14, 2017, 10:41 p.m. - dimitree
Chris Cocalis and "thoughtful" cable routing...did you not look at the photo of the Firebird in your article...and the Mach 6, Switchblade...nobody routes the derailleur cable under the bottom bracket where they can catch, snag or be ripped out of the frame. I can't believe Pivot, a company that is next door to Phoenix's south Mountain park, continues to route this cable so thoughtlessly. And that first iteration of the Mach 6 with the cables crisscrossing below the top tube, above the rear shock...noisy, binding and protruding. It is safe to say that Chris Cocalis places cable routing LAST in his designs.