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Litespeed Tuscany
Recently purchased a Litespeed Tuscany. Noticed that the derailer cables
are crossed under the down tube before they reach the bottom bracket. Are they supposed to be cabled this way, and why? Cheers K |
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"Kingstrup" schreef in bericht news:9R1Zd.40039$gJ3.33260@clgrps13... Recently purchased a Litespeed Tuscany. Noticed that the derailer cables are crossed under the down tube before they reach the bottom bracket. Are they supposed to be cabled this way, and why? Cheers K I have mine crossed that way. Its because the outercable makes a weither round and thats why the innercable has a better flow in the outercable. A second point is that the outercable does not dammage the frame that easy, because of the weither round. Hans |
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"Kingstrup" wrote:
Recently purchased a Litespeed Tuscany. Noticed that the derailer cables are crossed under the down tube before they reach the bottom bracket. Are they supposed to be cabled this way, and why? It's a feature. http://www.sheldonbrown.com/cables.html#crisscross |
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Kingstrup wrote:
Recently purchased a Litespeed Tuscany. Noticed that the derailer cables are crossed under the down tube before they reach the bottom bracket. Are they supposed to be cabled this way, and why? Sometimes that enhances cable efficiency. Sometimes it hampers. You want a smooth arc with no recurves and as large a radius as is practical. Generally smaller frame sizes benefit from crossed Ergo gear cables more than larger ones. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:22:46 -0500, "Arthur Harris"
wrote: "Kingstrup" wrote: Recently purchased a Litespeed Tuscany. Noticed that the derailer cables are crossed under the down tube before they reach the bottom bracket. Are they supposed to be cabled this way, and why? It's a feature. http://www.sheldonbrown.com/cables.html#crisscross I used to do this regularly. If the downtube is wide, the cables enter the cable guide under the bottom bracket at a more oblique angle. A plastic chainguide gets grooved thin and causes friction. I reverted to not crossing the cables on fat downtube bikes. |
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: : I have mine crossed that way. Its because the outercable makes a weither : round and thats why the innercable has a better flow in the outercable. A : second point is that the outercable does not dammage the frame that easy, : because of the weither round. : : Hans I cannot find the word "weither" in the dictionary. What does it mean? Pat in TX : : |
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"Pat" schreef in bericht ... : : I have mine crossed that way. Its because the outercable makes a weither : round and thats why the innercable has a better flow in the outercable. A : second point is that the outercable does not dammage the frame that easy, : because of the weither round. : : Hans I cannot find the word "weither" in the dictionary. What does it mean? Pat in TX : : OK Pat you arw right. It must be wider ! Excuse me for my ba English, but how about your Dutch ? Hans |
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: : I have mine crossed that way. Its because the outercable makes a weither : : round and thats why the innercable has a better flow in the outercable. : A : : second point is that the outercable does not dammage the frame that : easy, : : because of the weither round. : : : : Hans : : I cannot find the word "weither" in the dictionary. What does it mean? : : Pat in TX : : : : : : : OK Pat you arw right. It must be wider ! Excuse me for my ba English, but : how about your Dutch ? : : Hans No need to get snarky. I just wanted for you to clarify what you wrote. I didn't understand it as written. Pat in TX, not Leeuwarden |
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"Pat" wrote:
: : I have mine crossed that way. Its because the outercable makes a weither : : round and thats why the innercable has a better flow in the outercable. : A : : second point is that the outercable does not dammage the frame that : easy, : : because of the weither round. : : : : Hans : : I cannot find the word "weither" in the dictionary. What does it mean? : : Pat in TX : : : OK Pat you arw right. It must be wider ! Excuse me for my ba English, but : how about your Dutch ? : : Hans No need to get snarky. I just wanted for you to clarify what you wrote. I didn't understand it as written. Pat in TX, not Leeuwarden I cannot find the word "snarky" in the dictionary... ;-) Mark "or Leeuwarden for that matter" Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame |
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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:20:21 -0700, Mark Hickey
wrote: "Pat" wrote: : : I have mine crossed that way. Its because the outercable makes a weither : : round and thats why the innercable has a better flow in the outercable. : A : : second point is that the outercable does not dammage the frame that : easy, : : because of the weither round. : : : : Hans : : I cannot find the word "weither" in the dictionary. What does it mean? : : Pat in TX : : : OK Pat you arw right. It must be wider ! Excuse me for my ba English, but : how about your Dutch ? : : Hans No need to get snarky. I just wanted for you to clarify what you wrote. I didn't understand it as written. Pat in TX, not Leeuwarden I cannot find the word "snarky" in the dictionary... ;-) Mark "or Leeuwarden for that matter" Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame Dear Mark, You simply must stop using those cheap foreign dictionaries. Sadly, it's not derived from Lewis Carroll: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext91/snark12.txt Nor yet from Jack London: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext01/crsnk10.txt Instead, it comes to us, appropriately enough for this thread, from Dutch and Low German: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=snarky Carl Fogel |
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