Exocet 2 Rear Brake Cable

e999sam
e999sam Posts: 426
edited May 2014 in Workshop
Has anyone replaced a rear brake cable on a Planet X Exocet 2 TT frame. I want to know how the cable is routed in the top tube is it in a sleeve or does it just run free in the tube?

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  • ic.
    ic. Posts: 769
    No idea, but tying a piece of thread to the old one and gently pulling through is a good trick if you're worried about threading the new one

    On my Synapse with internal routing, it is just free in the tube
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  • rokt
    rokt Posts: 493
    I don't have a Exocet, but I did look a buying one and I did ask this question. Planet X told me it has a plastic internal sleeve so it should be straight forward :wink:
  • mitchgixer6
    mitchgixer6 Posts: 729
    Yes it should have an internal. It certainty does for the gear cables, struggling to remember if the brakes the same but I'm sure it is.
  • e999sam
    e999sam Posts: 426
    The gears definitely do you can see them under the bottom bracket. I'm going to have a go at the weekend.
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    My Exocet 1 does.

    I was as concerned as you when I recabled it a couple of weeks ago, but yes inner sheathing on both gears and rear brake - dead easy !

    If you drop the forks out, can you see/feel down inside the top tube to reassure yourself ?

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