Sram Shifter cable routing?

dieselgeezer
dieselgeezer Posts: 231
edited January 2012 in Workshop
I've set up a new pair of Rival shifters with both brake & gear cables together to the front of the bars. Just wondering if routing the gear cable to rear of the bars makes any difference to the "slickness" of the gear change.
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