John Barron wrote:
> Hal-
> Thanks for asking this question. I've never had the nerve to ask this
> question, but I deal with this issue every time I put a bike
> together. I
> started racing in 1988, (at age 28) and everything was aero then, so I
> simply don't know what racers of-the-era did.
>
> John Barron
> Minneapolis
When you check photos of pros for a number of years you can see there is a general consensus of how a racing bike should be set up as far as the brake cables are concerned (height of arch above the bars, which side of stem each cable goes on, which one is on top of the other when they cross the stem).
This would be that set up:
http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/
Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)