Once upon a time I had a Kona Hei Hei titanium hardtail. It had the equivalent of internal routing for back then in that brake noodle for the rear brake. The loop was too tight and the cable had huge friction. I got a bunch of river on cable guides from Rocky Mountain for free. Dude just gave me a handful when I asked. I cut off the crap noodle and riveted on guides to reroute the rear derailleur cable on the downtube and I found a bolt on cable guide for the rear brake which was similar to the tiny loop Ritchey used. It was beautiful. Unfortunately that frame had the rear brake posts mounted wrong so the pads couldn’t be flush with the rim until they were almost too worn out. Too high.
Aug. 27, 2022, 8:22 p.m. - Andy Eunson
Once upon a time I had a Kona Hei Hei titanium hardtail. It had the equivalent of internal routing for back then in that brake noodle for the rear brake. The loop was too tight and the cable had huge friction. I got a bunch of river on cable guides from Rocky Mountain for free. Dude just gave me a handful when I asked. I cut off the crap noodle and riveted on guides to reroute the rear derailleur cable on the downtube and I found a bolt on cable guide for the rear brake which was similar to the tiny loop Ritchey used. It was beautiful. Unfortunately that frame had the rear brake posts mounted wrong so the pads couldn’t be flush with the rim until they were almost too worn out. Too high.