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need help with internal cable routing
hi everybody. i have an older (late 80's) pinarello frame with internal
cable routing on the top tube. i'm confused about how to install the brake cable housing on it. there are no cable stops on it. i've seen other setups where the housing partly goes into the hole but this one has a small section of pipe coming out of the top tube. if i install the brake housing to just sit on the end of the pipe, it looks like the housing could move around a whole bunch. here'a a pic of a frame i found on ebay that has the same kind of setup. any help is appreciated! thanks! http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/view...pt=bidpay&sp=1 |
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serg wrote:
hi everybody. i have an older (late 80's) pinarello frame with internal cable routing on the top tube. i'm confused about how to install the brake cable housing on it. there are no cable stops on it. i've seen other setups where the housing partly goes into the hole but this one has a small section of pipe coming out of the top tube. if i install the brake housing to just sit on the end of the pipe, it looks like the housing could move around a whole bunch. here'a a pic of a frame i found on ebay that has the same kind of setup. any help is appreciated! thanks! http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/view...pt=bidpay&sp=1 Older bikes often had full length brake cable housing -- no stops -- the housing went all the way from the lever to the brake. Some had little holders every few inches to keep it on the top tube, while others ran it through the top tube like with your Pinarello. So get a long piece of housing, and run it all the way through. Matt O. |
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serg wrote:
hi everybody. i have an older (late 80's) pinarello frame with internal cable routing on the top tube. i'm confused about how to install the brake cable housing on it. there are no cable stops on it. i've seen other setups where the housing partly goes into the hole but this one has a small section of pipe coming out of the top tube. if i install the brake housing to just sit on the end of the pipe, it looks like the housing could move around a whole bunch. here'a a pic of a frame i found on ebay that has the same kind of setup. any help is appreciated! thanks! http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/view...pt=bidpay&sp=1 Older bikes often had full length brake cable housing -- no stops -- the housing went all the way from the lever to the brake. Some had little holders every few inches to keep it on the top tube, while others ran it through the top tube like with your Pinarello. So get a long piece of housing, and run it all the way through. Matt O. |
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hmm, i tried that and the brake housing OD is a little too big. it would
fit if i were to stip the plastic coating at the ends and only use the metal underneath but that's not a very good idea. i wonder if the older cable housing was smaller in diameter? i do have a bike with the little housing holders every few inches on the top tube and another one with split cable stops and the newer housing fits both fine. hmm....thanks for the idea... "Matt O'Toole" wrote in message ... serg wrote: hi everybody. i have an older (late 80's) pinarello frame with internal cable routing on the top tube. i'm confused about how to install the brake cable housing on it. there are no cable stops on it. i've seen other setups where the housing partly goes into the hole but this one has a small section of pipe coming out of the top tube. if i install the brake housing to just sit on the end of the pipe, it looks like the housing could move around a whole bunch. here'a a pic of a frame i found on ebay that has the same kind of setup. any help is appreciated! thanks! http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/view...PinaMontello59 10.jpg?allow_track_link=1&track=022a715dc5-316e0&pt=bidpay&sp=1 Older bikes often had full length brake cable housing -- no stops -- the housing went all the way from the lever to the brake. Some had little holders every few inches to keep it on the top tube, while others ran it through the top tube like with your Pinarello. So get a long piece of housing, and run it all the way through. Matt O. |
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hmm, i tried that and the brake housing OD is a little too big. it would
fit if i were to stip the plastic coating at the ends and only use the metal underneath but that's not a very good idea. i wonder if the older cable housing was smaller in diameter? i do have a bike with the little housing holders every few inches on the top tube and another one with split cable stops and the newer housing fits both fine. hmm....thanks for the idea... "Matt O'Toole" wrote in message ... serg wrote: hi everybody. i have an older (late 80's) pinarello frame with internal cable routing on the top tube. i'm confused about how to install the brake cable housing on it. there are no cable stops on it. i've seen other setups where the housing partly goes into the hole but this one has a small section of pipe coming out of the top tube. if i install the brake housing to just sit on the end of the pipe, it looks like the housing could move around a whole bunch. here'a a pic of a frame i found on ebay that has the same kind of setup. any help is appreciated! thanks! http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/view...PinaMontello59 10.jpg?allow_track_link=1&track=022a715dc5-316e0&pt=bidpay&sp=1 Older bikes often had full length brake cable housing -- no stops -- the housing went all the way from the lever to the brake. Some had little holders every few inches to keep it on the top tube, while others ran it through the top tube like with your Pinarello. So get a long piece of housing, and run it all the way through. Matt O. |
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serg wrote:
hi everybody. i have an older (late 80's) pinarello frame with internal cable routing on the top tube. i'm confused about how to install the brake cable housing on it. there are no cable stops on it. i've seen other setups where the housing partly goes into the hole but this one has a small section of pipe coming out of the top tube. if i install the brake housing to just sit on the end of the pipe, it looks like the housing could move around a whole bunch. here'a a pic of a frame i found on ebay that has the same kind of setup. any help is appreciated! thanks! http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/view...pt=bidpay&sp=1 I have a newer Klein Adept with internal cable routing. There is no housing inside the tube. The housing is cut where it goes into the tube and a small endhousing is pushed onto the housing. I'm not sure if it's any different than the piece at the very ends of my housing. However I'm sure your LBS would know. BTW it helps to have a thin plastic tube that fits over you cable and inside your tube when working. Pull it through with the old cable and leave it there until you've pulled the new wire back through. -- Perre I gave up on SPAM and redirected it to hotmail instead. |
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serg wrote:
hi everybody. i have an older (late 80's) pinarello frame with internal cable routing on the top tube. i'm confused about how to install the brake cable housing on it. there are no cable stops on it. i've seen other setups where the housing partly goes into the hole but this one has a small section of pipe coming out of the top tube. if i install the brake housing to just sit on the end of the pipe, it looks like the housing could move around a whole bunch. here'a a pic of a frame i found on ebay that has the same kind of setup. any help is appreciated! thanks! http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/view...pt=bidpay&sp=1 I have a newer Klein Adept with internal cable routing. There is no housing inside the tube. The housing is cut where it goes into the tube and a small endhousing is pushed onto the housing. I'm not sure if it's any different than the piece at the very ends of my housing. However I'm sure your LBS would know. BTW it helps to have a thin plastic tube that fits over you cable and inside your tube when working. Pull it through with the old cable and leave it there until you've pulled the new wire back through. -- Perre I gave up on SPAM and redirected it to hotmail instead. |
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Per Elmsäter wrote:
I have a newer Klein Adept with internal cable routing. There is no housing inside the tube. The housing is cut where it goes into the tube and a small endhousing is pushed onto the housing. I'm not sure if it's any different than the piece at the very ends of my housing. However I'm sure your LBS would know. Yes, the Kleins are this way but older bikes typically had full length cable housing, either inside or outside the top tube. If just the wire were meant to be inside, there would have to be a perfectly straight path between two cable stops. Most of the older bikes are obviously not that way. Matt O. |
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Per Elmsäter wrote:
I have a newer Klein Adept with internal cable routing. There is no housing inside the tube. The housing is cut where it goes into the tube and a small endhousing is pushed onto the housing. I'm not sure if it's any different than the piece at the very ends of my housing. However I'm sure your LBS would know. Yes, the Kleins are this way but older bikes typically had full length cable housing, either inside or outside the top tube. If just the wire were meant to be inside, there would have to be a perfectly straight path between two cable stops. Most of the older bikes are obviously not that way. Matt O. |
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serg wrote:
hmm, i tried that and the brake housing OD is a little too big. it would fit if i were to stip the plastic coating at the ends and only use the metal underneath but that's not a very good idea. i wonder if the older cable housing was smaller in diameter? Perhaps. i do have a bike with the little housing holders every few inches on the top tube and another one with split cable stops and the newer housing fits both fine. hmm....thanks for the idea... Different brands of cable housing are different diameters. Generic stuff seems to be the fattest, followed by Shimano, then Dia-Compe, IIRC correctly. You might experiment there. Matt O. |
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