Cable routing for rear brake and gear cables.

[jonathan]

Gday,

Anyone got any clues as the best way to run the rear brake cable along the top tube cable guides on a RT. If I use the guides on the right hand side, ie take the rear brake cable around the HT and along the right side of the TT then the lead to the rear brake noodle is pretty ordinary.

If I split the gear cables and run one down one side and one down the other and the brake cable down the left side it looks and works a bit better but the gear cables still need to do a bit of a squirm to get around the seat tube. To complicate this a little I am using the EX box so do not have the cable stops on the brake boss but am clipping the cables to the outside of the seat stay.

Unless someone knows how to swap the brake arms around on XTR V brakes so the noodle is on the right, I would like to hear how any one else has dealt with the cable routing

Cheers
Jonathan

[stutho]

Hi Jonathan,

A few of us have fitted Avid Ultimate brakes to overcome this exact problem, this is what I have done on my bike .  

It’s an expensive solution.  On my wife’s bike I route the brake cable along the right hand side of the TT and cross to the left in fount of the ST.  

[freddered]

Avid Ultimates here also.

Makes a positive difference front and rear especially if, like me, you have drop bars.

Cable routing is much improved....at a price

[graham]

Another expensive option which works is to go Nokon. Probably best to buy from USA, because you can also get a Nokon Rohloff kit there and 5m lengths of liner (which you will need).
With Nokon you can put the cables pretty much where you like. On the tandem, in our case, that is around the seat tube and up between the seat stays.
Don't bother using the snazzy gold 'Nokon' housing sections: the gold flakes off after only a little weathering. Might be OK on Lance's bike where it's stripped down and rebuilt (at someone else's expense) after every ride, but not on a bike in the real world.