Bike Internal Cable Routing Sleeve

The internal diameter is sufficient to slide the brake cable through but the outside diameter is unfortunately too large to fit through the built in housing stops in the frame for the rear brake.

Bike internal cable routing sleeve.

Reproduction of the spoke lock key which i described here. Internal routing isn t that much harder to re cable even in the absence of internal sleeves. I m sure there s an obvious answer that i m missing that you guys can help me with i just don t want to do anything rash like cutting back the sleeves until i know how. My question is how do i join up the gear outer with the sleeve.

I can still use it as an internal protection sleeve inside the frame as the rear. If the cables hoses are able to move around in the frame s cable guides or internal routing you can stop the noise with a couple of small zipties. The sleeves extend up out of the holes in the down tube by around 2cm. Reproduce spoke lock key2.

Here are our latest and greatest hacks for getting the job done. I want to speed up changing my internally routed gear cables by using a very close fitting sleeve which i can thread over the entire length of the old gear cable before whipping the old gear cable out and then leaving a clear channel to rapidly run in the new cable thus eliminating the faff of threading the new cable blindly through the. 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. I got this to thread cables in my fuji transonic internal cables.

Bikes with internal cables can be notoriously difficult to service. Tie one around the cable outer hose at each. Replacement of the front hub because the flange was broken. My new frame beone raw comes with internal cable routing sleeves for the gear cables.