For any serious FAFF I take off the fork, the cranks and will even disassemble the rear pivots if need be to guide my cable home. Head lamp or flashlight in mouth, picks and spokes, along with a connectormagigy from sram and you are in business.
I have now recognized that the problem is space. I spend less time taking off a few key parts then reassembling than if I were to try to perform this procedure on a fully built up bike. There is simply not enough of it with an assembled bike for my fat fingers to prod and poke around.
Make an incision, retract and then dig.
P.S.
The bonus to this method is that you get to clean and regrease the little forgotten nooks and crannies of your beloved steed.
P.P.S.
The routing of cable under the BB seriously discounts the risk of baby heads kicking up, slipping on a skinny just to come to rest precariously on your BB or a grind and push through pointy rock rolls. WR1 you are killing me with this. Everyone look at the bottom of your bikes. How many dings and scratches are there? How about this logic. If this is not a high damage area then why do many bike companies put rubber around it and on the down tube?
June 28, 2022, 5:57 p.m. - Gage Wright
For any serious FAFF I take off the fork, the cranks and will even disassemble the rear pivots if need be to guide my cable home. Head lamp or flashlight in mouth, picks and spokes, along with a connectormagigy from sram and you are in business. I have now recognized that the problem is space. I spend less time taking off a few key parts then reassembling than if I were to try to perform this procedure on a fully built up bike. There is simply not enough of it with an assembled bike for my fat fingers to prod and poke around. Make an incision, retract and then dig. P.S. The bonus to this method is that you get to clean and regrease the little forgotten nooks and crannies of your beloved steed. P.P.S. The routing of cable under the BB seriously discounts the risk of baby heads kicking up, slipping on a skinny just to come to rest precariously on your BB or a grind and push through pointy rock rolls. WR1 you are killing me with this. Everyone look at the bottom of your bikes. How many dings and scratches are there? How about this logic. If this is not a high damage area then why do many bike companies put rubber around it and on the down tube?