Mountain Bike Internal Cable Routing

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.

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. There is tubing specifically designed for this purpose and you basically snip the derailleur end off the old cable reverse feed the sleeve tubing along the cable until it pops out the next port in the frame. Internal cable routing is possibly one of the most daunting maintenance tasks of the modern bicycle and with good reason. I bought this bike for 40 bucks which is next to nothing so i decided to personalize it 1.

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. Bikes with internal cables can be notoriously difficult to service. Reproduction of the spoke lock key which i described here. Internal cable routing commonly referred to as stealth cable routing is the most common method of cable routing on modern mountain bikes.

Replacement of the front hub because the flange was broken. Here are our latest and greatest hacks for getting the job done. 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. Following the same cable guides as gear and brake cables internal cable routing means that a dropper post is connected to the remote lever at the shaft of the post.

Internal routing isn t that much harder to re cable even in the absence of internal sleeves. Kit includes three plastic coated 250cm cables with attached magnets and unique fittings plus an external guide magnet to speed operation.