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Getting to the end of my first build. Its a 2010 orange five. But how do I route the brakes and gear cable through the rear chain stays? any top tips?
Yes bud grab a Old spoke thread it into the outer cable then put the cable from fat side of swing arm should make it easier and might need a small flat screwdriver to guide spoke end a tad.. 😀
Or just faff about with a inner gear cable and grab the end with a hook type tool when you see it banging end of inner swing arm. 😀
faff and plenty of patience when I had mine 😐
Thanks. Sensible to run outer cable through then and not just inner? Faff not gaff then. Cheers
+1 for patience you'll get there in the end.
Lots of swearing....
Oh and patience.
LardLover +1
..then relax!
make sure you go from front to back or you won't get through the rubber grommets on the swingarm
Use a cable rod access, its what electricians use to thread cables
through awkward areas.
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Make life simple.
Assuming it's only the inner cables that thread through, try this:
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Basically a length of the woven plastic tape that binds printer paper boxes closed. Tear it lengthwise to make it narrow enough for the hole then FOLD it lengthwise to form a V-groove. Inner will hook up in the groove and will be channelled back out to daylight. I invented this myself, by the way, but you can use it royalty-free this time 😉
This was after a couple of hours of cursing and fannying around with a loop of old cable which was going nowhere.
Mwahhahahahahahahaha!
I used an old wire coat hanger with the brake hose stuffed on the end. Unfortunately I went back to front so now have a half squidged in grommet. Ah well...
Thanks for all advice, ESP the paper binder ribbon idea which worked like a dream!
Thread the inner through first and hook it out from the dropout end using small allenkey.
I used a clark brake cable- EASY then thread the outer over it the withdrew the brake cable
Ps the end stop/dongle bit ffirst