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Bicycle brakes and shifters use Bowden cables to transmit braking/shifting forces from the hand controls to the appropriate place.
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Why does cable routing utilize alternation of sections of shielded and unshielded cable?
What's even more interesting, many a bike have the middle cable fully housed, while the other two are "interrupted" as shown above. … for the cable into the housing
far more susceptible to dirt and water
more expensive, because of end caps and labor cost. …
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Should I oil new cable housings?
On the other hand, I have found it intuitive to put a drop of oil onto the entrance of the housing, then thread the cable through it. …
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Cable routing and why is there no optimum solution
I am most puzzled the combined scheme "2 cables on bottom of the bottom tube + 1 cable on top of the top tube". …
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How to route cables aroung the head tube?
Id est the cable leaves the shifter, crosses the headtube and then curves back under the top or bootom tube.
I often see bikes set up like that, but not always. … Sometimes, the cable leaves the shifter, makes a large curve in front and then returns under the top or bottom tube, without crossing the headtube.
Is there a right or wrong way? …