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@t.o.
Dear LFGSS
Bump. Never changed gear cables before, now installing some on a new build (have built bikes before but never with gears...) Sheldon says "crisscross" the cables.
I think this means:
Rear cable route: right hand shifter to left hand gear cable stop on top of down tube near head tube in housing, then continue down to right hand side of plastic cable guide on bottom bracket, then on to rear mech.
Front cable route: opposite. Left lever, right frame cable guide, left side of plastic bottom bracket guide, front mech.
This will result in the crossing of the exposed cables somewhere down the length of the underside of the down tube. Presumably this is the crisscross. Is this right?
Yours sincerely,
Cables crossed of London