Mountain Bike Internal Cable Routing

Speeds the internal frame routing of electric wires shift cable housing brake cable housing and hydraulic tubing on carbon fiber ti and aluminum frames.

Mountain bike internal cable routing.

Internal cable routing is possibly one of the most daunting maintenance tasks of the modern bicycle and with good reason. Kit includes three plastic coated 250cm cables with attached magnets and unique fittings plus an external guide magnet to speed operation. Internal routing isn t that much harder to re cable even in the absence of internal sleeves. Internal cable on any bike frame.

Internal cable routing tips for mountain bikes. Here are our latest and greatest hacks for getting the job done. Bikes with internal cables can be notoriously difficult to service. Reproduce spoke lock key2.

Reproduction of the spoke lock key which i described here. There s no doubt that internal cable routing looks rather pretty but when it comes to doing basic maintenance or worse yet setting up a brand new bike desperately fiddling those cables. Internal cable routing commonly referred to as stealth cable routing is the most common method of cable routing on modern mountain bikes. Internal cable routing serves another purpose which is to protect the cables or wires in the case of electronic components from being snagged or severed in a crash or if the bike falls allowing the cable or wire to strike something.

Many bikes may look clean and simple these days with their tidy lines and hidden cables but the job of replacing those cables can be a nightmare if you re not familiar. Replacement of the front hub because the flange was broken.