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jontea
Hulsroy
For the GT I was considering using CX70 top pull front mech. All cables run along the top tube. For me this absolutely the sexiest part of this bike. I love properly run external housing with cables exposed in places. I do not get internal cable routing at all. It hides the mechanical aspect of bikes.
But instead I have decided to reuse the original pulley wheel with a regular Ultegra front mech. A new bearing for the pulley has been ordere. It will look grand I reckon.
For all you architects out there: To me this GT is the Lloyd's building or Centre Pompidou. It is Renzo Piano over your shitty Kapoor or Saha Hadid bombastic carbon crap! All the ugly ass melted OpenUps...
EDIT: I am hungover and working on my students brief for term 1 :-)