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@tynan
i'm really intrigued-- where does the cotton fit into the figure?[/quote]
The method I used on a Klein Road bike (this method would not work on a steel bike for all the ferrically obvious reasons !):
1) get a long bit of cotton thread, enough to go hole to hole.
2) stick a sewing needle on one end.
3) tip the bike/frame up so that the holes are vertically above each other (or as near as you can get)
4) lower the sewing needle in and try and get it to hit the exit hole - use the magnet to attract it to the exit hole.
5) when the thread is through - tie it to the end of the cable and pull it back through the other way.
Basically what I am saying is be prepared to knock up all sorts of Heath Robinson type inventions to try and get that cable through as it is very fiddly.
I have had some success with a straightened coat hanger and a cone of paper pushed through the exit hole (think USAF mid-air refueling)