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Thanks. I did wonder if I'd have to foam the cables or if there was something inside the frame to hold them. Mine did come with plastic tubes too.
Cable and hose routing is an absolute bloody nightmare. It's just so hard to push/pull even without the grommets in place. I actually thought the dropper was the easiest because I could get access into the bottom bracket shell to guide it round the corner then push it up.
Wow, I'm almost ready to sell this frame before I've even ridden it. The cable routing is the stuff of nightmares.
Did you all leave the rubber grommets in place and route cables through them?
I've made what's possibly a mistake and dislodged the rubber grommets. Got all cables through the frame. Now trying to put the grommets back is borderline impossible.
Wow, I'm almost ready to sell this frame before I've even ridden it. The cable routing is the stuff of nightmares.
Did you all leave the rubber grommets in place and route cables through them?
I've made what's possibly a mistake and dislodged the rubber grommets. Got all cables through the frame. Now trying to put the grommets back is borderline impossible.
The rubber grommets they put on frames are the devil. Someone above is right a bit o silicone grease and alot of patience is the key
I've made what's possibly a mistake and dislodged the rubber grommets. Got all cables through the frame. Now trying to put the grommets back is borderline impossible.
I removed the rubber grommets to instal the cables and hoses. Painful as it is to get the grommets over the cables and into the frame I think trying to leave them in place would be far worse.
I made sure the grommets were warm then used a little silicone lube and massaged them into place giving the cables a bit of a waggle to help seat the grommets in place. It did make me appreciate my Kona’s ‘poke it in the tube and it magically pops out the other end’ routing.
Also pulled the grommets out. Not all are fully pushed home, and some I resorted to trimming the underside that pokes into the frame.
Thankfully with decent houses and cables, it's a very infrequent task.
Thanks for the encouragement, it was good to know I was on the right track. Managed it eventually, one of the grommets is pretty haggard but seems to stay in position so I'll see how it goes.
I actually found it easier without heating them. Some silicone grease helped, and borrowed some crochet hooks from my partner which worked well as poking devices.
Now to hope the back brake I bought on eBay works properly!
Well I got the bike together, and dislocated my shoulder on its first ride!
Whilst I'm resting up, I was thinking of exploring the possibility of putting a water bottle inside the frame on the bosses on the underside of the top tube. I've seen a few people do this, it appears to be a small fidlock. Has anyone done this and can verify? Thanks.
It should be fine as long as it's not a small frame.
Try before you buy IMO
I couldn't have imagined a bottle fitting in my medium frame, but I have been wrong about things before
Can't get a Fidlock in my Large with an RS Piggy back shock
Think you might have if it wasn't a piggy back? It does look very tight to me. I've seen pictures of people doing it, admittedly I'm not sure they were Evos though.
Ooo, Evo chat.
I just picked up a Stage6Evo off ebay, which thankfully i havent had to run cables on.
Took it out for a ride "as recieved" on Friday, and it was an absoloute bag of spanners. Surprising as i bought it to "update" my five29, which rides brilliantly. Getting it back to the shed i then unclicked all the shock settings and counted them out. LCS was on 13 clicks, and the manual reccomends 3. same for LSR. Hopefully opening it up a bit will liven it up a little.
Ive found that the shock (float X2) requires 270psi! thats getting towards the limits of the shock (300psi). Does that sound about right?
I was also going to ask if a "slimline" fidlock was a thing. with the X2 shock there isnt really room for a proper bottle, even on the XL frame, but something slim like a lucozade bottle size would work.
I solved the lack of bottle storage by buying a hip pack with a couple of built in carriers. For when I'm not using a full size backpack.
YT do a wide / short fidlock bottle (thirstmaster 4000) that is particularly useful if you don't have much space and still want reasonable volume.
Not tried it on one of these frames though.
Well I got the bike together, and dislocated my shoulder on its first ride!
Whilst I'm resting up, I was thinking of exploring the possibility of putting a water bottle inside the frame on the bosses on the underside of the top tube. I've seen a few people do this, it appears to be a small fidlock. Has anyone done this and can verify? Thanks.
I have a large one and after much experimenting made it work using a Blackburn Sidetrack and a Zefal sense pro 50 bottle. I have a small fidlock to try but haven't done it yet. For reference I have the Fox DPS shock, so no piggyback.
Thank you. I've ordered a 450ml Fidlock to try, if it does not work I'll do that. Did you have to use anything to offset the bottle cage?
Whilst I'm at it, does anyone find the bottle cage a bit wobbly because it's mounted onto a weld? I was wondering about putting some o rings or something behind it.
Thank you. I've ordered a 450ml Fidlock to try, if it does not work I'll do that. Did you have to use anything to offset the bottle cage?
Whilst I'm at it, does anyone find the bottle cage a bit wobbly because it's mounted onto a weld? I was wondering about putting some o rings or something behind it.
No that was why I used that cage - it's got really long slots so you can slide it far back to get the clearance.
Never had a problem with wobbling.
Thanks. I'll keep that combo in mind.
I have ordered one and found that a 450ml fidlock does indeed just fit onto the top tube mount. Haven't tried it yet for riding but don't see why that should create any issues.