Remove the old cable housing by pulling it through the downtube.
Bicycle internal cable guides.
Here you can see how the cables were layed before.
Here are our latest and greatest hacks for getting the job done.
On our example bike the cable is routed through the downtube.
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The drill for the holes.
Slide the new section of cable housing over the cable.
Bikes with internal cables can be notoriously difficult to service.
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Internal cables enter the frame in different ways.
From the guide the rear cable would run along the top of the right chainstay to a cable stop at the rear of the stay for the final loop to the rear derailer.
Internal cable on any bike frame step 1.
I used a vernier caliper to measure the diameter of the cable housing.
Measure your cable housings.
You can use these for the same purpose as the shift cable.
Bottom braket guides 2.
Our service department is also performing pick up and drop off of repair bikes outside.
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.
Some manufacturers use a small cable port which barely has enough room for a cable outer but more commonly especially on newer bikes there ll.
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Continue to feed the cable housing through the frame using the existing cable as a guide until it comes out the other end.
Use the larger magnet to guide the small magnet or shift cable through the frame replacing di2 cables.
Over up until the mid 1980 s the usual way to run gear cables was above the bottom bracket either using short pieces of cable housing or more commonly simple guides either brazed on to the bottom bracket shell or clamped to the frame.
Use the larger magnet to guide the smaller ones through the frame then use the end of the tool e g.