Bicycle Internal Cable Guides

Internal cable on any bike frame step 1.

Bicycle internal cable guides.

On our example bike the cable is routed through the downtube. Over up until the mid 1980 s the usual way to run gear cables was above the bottom bracket either using short pieces of cable housing or more commonly simple guides either brazed on to the bottom bracket shell or clamped to the frame. From the guide the rear cable would run along the top of the right chainstay to a cable stop at the rear of the stay for the final loop to the rear derailer. Bikes with internal cables can be notoriously difficult to service.

Bottom braket guides 2. Mowa c clip road mountain cx cycling bike cable housing hose guide 6pcs blue. Here are our latest and greatest hacks for getting the job done. Here you can see how the cables were layed before.

The threaded one to pull a new one through. The drill for the holes. Our service department is also performing pick up and drop off of repair bikes outside. Continue to feed the cable housing through the frame using the existing cable as a guide until it comes out the other end.

Internal damping foam 1 travel agents linear pull adaptors 1. Slide the new section of cable housing over the cable. You can use these for the same purpose as the shift cable. Measure your cable housings.

Remove the old cable housing by pulling it through the downtube. Some manufacturers use a small cable port which barely has enough room for a cable outer but more commonly especially on newer bikes there ll. Yeson bike cable clips plastic bicycle rotating s hook clips bicycle housing tidy wire buckle cycling shift cable brake gear cable housing fixing holder guide mtb 10 pcs 4 6 out of 5 stars 59 8 99 8. Cable stops guides pulleys.

I used a vernier caliper to measure the diameter of the cable housing. Use the larger magnet to guide the smaller ones through the frame then use the end of the tool e g. 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. Internal cables enter the frame in different ways.

Use the larger magnet to guide the small magnet or shift cable through the frame replacing di2 cables.