Why don't they plumb the gear change wires all the way? It's just asinine.
Why do bike manufacturers expose gear wires?
You ever tried to change cables on a frame that has internal routing?
It's not fun.
You ever tried to change cables on a frame that has internal routing?
It's not fun.
Oh, no, I mean external plumbing the whole way. I did this on my Jamis and never had problems. Bought a new Trek Remedy and - yep - problems straight away.
Because the full length forks really well till it gets some dirt in there that will happen at some point but the non full housing feels crappy quickly but will usually not completely gum up.
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Because they want you to do a bare minimum of maintenance on your poor, poor bike.
Because they want you to do a bare minimum of maintenance on your poor, poor bike.
Straight out of the box and not working is not acceptable.
Go back to creating fake religions Hubbard.
Straight out of the box and not working is not acceptable.
Go back to creating fake religions Hubbard.
How would being fully encased affect whether it was properly set up at the factory?
As for why manufacturers have sections of exposed gear cable, Sheldon Brown has the answer here.
How would being fully encased affect whether it was properly set up at the factory?
As for why manufacturers have sections of exposed gear cable, Sheldon Brown has the answer here.
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Sorry, just wanted to use that emoticon.
Protip-its called cable routing, and they are called gear cables. The style your whining about is called broken housing, its easy enough to drill your broken housing into continuous housing.
How would being fully encased affect whether it was properly set up at the factory?
As for why manufacturers have sections of exposed gear cable, Sheldon Brown has the answer here.
Huh?
It's lighter and lighter = better ;)
As long as the cables aren't routed internally I don't really care. It's funny when I build up and the rear brake and rear derailleur actually work as designed, and then I realize that the designer actually put the cables on the outside of the frame OMGLOL. I want to punch the designers of internally routed frames in the face.
treezz
wow you are a ass
Some bikes do stupid shit with there cable mounting spots too.
^Norco Range and the rear derailleur shifter housing tabs mounted underneath the chain stay.
Why slag free swag?:rolleyes:
ummm, as your doctor i recommend against riding with a scaphoid fracture.
It costs more $ to replace a full length cable housing, also I think you might get more friction with a full length housing ?
This thread has inspired me to go singlespeed. Thanks a fooking lot!
Wrong. Always.
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