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@ProCreateful
Hello there,
I've got a lovely old 1984 raleigh team replica frame and I've been riding it fixed for a year now which is great, but I think it deserves gears and living in Brighton I think I deserve them as well (give my legs a rest).
Obviously I'll need a rear brake which I've got (1990's campagnolo athena) but I was just wondering how I'd route the cable through 3 cable stops which are on the top tube. On my other bike there's just two so I run an high quality outer cable (from the brake lever) to first cable stop, then just use some thin plastic cover between the two stops and then continue the proper outer cable from the second brake stop to the rear brake itself.
If you understood that then you might be able to envisage my dilemma, do I just run the thin cable and crappy cover through the middle cable stop? Or do I cut 2 pieces of high quality cable stop and put them between the middle stop and the other two?
I'm sure I'm just over thinking this and its really simple, just thought I'd ask.
Thanks
Joe