Hi Ray,
I'm a little behind on reading the digest version. As someone else pointed out it's probably a "funny bike". I have a Raleigh funny bike that also has no guides of any kind for the cables. The rear brake cable actually just comes out of the bottom of the bottom bracket. My Hujsak That was at the Cirque has internal routing without internal guides. There is a small metal guide inside the bottom bracket wher the cables go around the corners. It had plastic tubing that I had to replace, and I have the remnants of a 100' roll of 1/8 nylon tube. If you decide to redo it with tubing it's much easier than pulling the inside out of a cable housing. just let me know, and I'll send you some, about 15 ft should do for a couple tries. Mine was really hard to get the tubing run through the tubes since they weren't open to the inside of the bottom braket, but ran through a couple holes. The tubing was cheap, something like $7 for 100ft so I'd just send it free.
Steve Birmingham Lowell, Ma
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 14:54:07 -0400 (EDT) From: <wheelman@nac.net> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: [CR]Component compatibility with frame issue Message-ID: <63924.146.152.216.1.1055271247.squirrel@webmail.nac.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: list Message: 10
Here is a new one for me. I have a Pinarello frame that I just installed a vintage set of Shimano 600 components on. When I tried out the shifting I find that the chain rubs on the bottom back stop of the front derailleur. I then went to my parts bin and took out a vintage Campy front and tried it and the same thing. It seems that the smaller chain ring is too small and causes the chain to bottom out on the derailleur. I cannot lower the derailleur any more as it then hits the larger ring when shifting. What's up with that? The frame is the type where all the tubes slope inward, could that be the issue. Also the cable routing is internal so there is not a lot of room to play with. A funny side note about the internal cable routing. I thought most manufactures would have guides internally to help route a new cable. Much to my surprise, I found that there were no cable guides and I had to remove the BB to re cable the derailleurs. I also noticed that there is no protection for the cables inside the BB shell. They actually rub against the raw tubing as they go from the down tube to the chain stay and seat tube. Lousy design if you ask me.
Ray Homiski
Elizabeth, NJ