I don't remember when I first learned about the cross in front/recross under the downtube method but yeah, if you are looking for ways to minimize paint rub, it's a good option.
As noted below, under tube bottle mounts can get in the way, but that varies by bike. On one frame, I had to add spacers under the cage to keep the cables from hitting it, but that was a simple fix. You definitely want to make sure there's nothing hitting/obstructing the cables. Other than that, never had an issue with it. Hugh "criss-cross" Flynn Newburyport, MA On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 2:31 AM 'Hetchins52' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I've done that on bikes with drops and bar-ends when possible, to protect > the frame. It is not conventional practice, but neither right nor wrong. > Did it on my A. H. Hilsen and indexing seemed a little problematic with > socket head water bottle bolts in the down tube, underside braze-ons. The > shifting wires rubbed them. > > I've replaced them with domed, button heads. The problem would likely > return with anything I mounted on the underside of the down tube. > > Note that mine is a Toyo and the MIT bikes appear to have their down tube > cable stops much closer to 6:00 on the tube rather than 3:00 and 9:00. That > could work better. > > If I revert to the usual cabling convention I'll put transparent > helicopter tape on the lower part of the head tube where rubbing would > occur. > > David Lipsky > Berkeley > (Need to go look at my AHH braze-ons to check positioning!) > > > On Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 11:14:00 PM UTC-8, Pancake wrote: >> >> Looks like the prebuilt Hillborne with dropbar and bar-end sfifters has >> the cable housings cross in front of the headtube, then the cables cross >> again under the downtube. But my assumption was not to cross them at all. >> Right shift cable stays on the right, same for left. >> >> Is one way right or is it a form vs. function sort of thing? My only >> guess is it may avoid rubbing the headtube? >> > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Hugh Flynn Newburyport, MA -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
