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I'm trying to replace the inner cable on my rear cantilever brake, with Tektro road levers. On my Charge Plug single speed.
The yoke on the rear was too high, which robbed me of mechanical advantage. Also the inner was a bit frayed. So I decided to change it, as a nice little fettle whilst watching the Giro.
My issue is that I can't, for the life of me, guide the new cable into the cable route that goes from the lever to the outer, underneath the bar tape.
If I feed one in from high and right, not going through the cable end housing, I can get it to feed through. But if I use the cable end housing then it just sticks once it's into the little hole inside the lever. Like the angle of attack is not aligned.
Poor photo attached. You can just about make out the hole that the cable goes into, above and behind the cable end housing and the mounting bolt.
If I feed it backwards, from the rear of the bike, through the outer, it comes through just fine,onto the lever.
Any tips?