I'd have to agree with Steve. I've done it both ways more than a couple of times with Shimano and Suntour barcons. Indexed or friction not enough difference to matter IMO.
On Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 6:10:26 PM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On 03/18/2015 07:05 PM, David wrote: > > I'm curious what the group's opinion or preference is (and why) > > regarding barcon cable routing. AFAIK, on the one hand, you can do it > > the RBW (or, traditional) way where the cables shoot out the front of > > the drops after just a few rounds of tape concealing the cables, or > > you can keep the cables completely hidden until they route down at the > > stem/headtube. I understand that there's a bit more friction if you > > go the hidden route, but, other than that, is there a real big > > difference beyond aesthetics? I appreciate your thoughts. > > I find the so-called additional friction to be a non-issue with the two > setups I have like that (there is no additional friction) but you may > find you have to use tandem rear shift cables in some cases. I have 2 > set up that way and 4 the other way. In the shifting, no difference. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
