Internal cable frame routing

fortyone
fortyone Posts: 166
edited July 2014 in Workshop
For the first time I am looking to buy a frame which happens to have internal cable routing. Can anyone please advise whether inserting the cables is a straightforward procedure?
Thank you

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  • Bozman
    Bozman Posts: 2,518
    Depends on the manufacturer
  • StillGoing
    StillGoing Posts: 5,211
    Unless the integrated cabling is channeled, no, it isn't. As pointed out though, some manufacturers install straws to help guide the cables through and Dolan actually build in channels so re-cabling is a doddle. Otherwise, it's vacuum cleaners, cotton, exhaust spring hooks, wire coat hangers etc as your weapon of choice. Sometimes there's a lot of benefit in having external cabling.
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  • fortyone
    fortyone Posts: 166
    Thank you for the information and now in two minds whether to build up that frame.
  • keefsloan
    keefsloan Posts: 29
    philthy3 wrote:
    Unless the integrated cabling is channeled, no, it isn't. As pointed out though, some manufacturers install straws to help guide the cables through and Dolan actually build in channels so re-cabling is a doddle. Otherwise, it's vacuum cleaners, cotton, exhaust spring hooks, wire coat hangers etc as your weapon of choice. Sometimes there's a lot of benefit in having external cabling.

    I have a Dolan Ares and was never aware that it had internal channels. I've always used cable guide straws (which can be picked up FOC / very cheaply from a good LBS). I remember speaking to Terry when I bought the bike about a year ago about guide channels and he said that the bike didn't have them. Do you have first hand experience that Dolan's DO actually have channels?
  • Flâneur
    Flâneur Posts: 3,081
    Wasn't the most fun I've had. It is kind of simple but a massive PITA
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    On my Cube it was simple, push cable through, rotate frame for gravity assist, fish out with paper clip, also cables are magnetic and bike frames these days are not.

    Don't let it put you off, I think the advantages outweigh the occasional cable change.
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • StillGoing
    StillGoing Posts: 5,211
    keefsloan wrote:
    philthy3 wrote:
    Unless the integrated cabling is channeled, no, it isn't. As pointed out though, some manufacturers install straws to help guide the cables through and Dolan actually build in channels so re-cabling is a doddle. Otherwise, it's vacuum cleaners, cotton, exhaust spring hooks, wire coat hangers etc as your weapon of choice. Sometimes there's a lot of benefit in having external cabling.

    I have a Dolan Ares and was never aware that it had internal channels. I've always used cable guide straws (which can be picked up FOC / very cheaply from a good LBS). I remember speaking to Terry when I bought the bike about a year ago about guide channels and he said that the bike didn't have them. Do you have first hand experience that Dolan's DO actually have channels?

    Yes. Bought a carbon Ares SL about 12 months ago as a potential winter bike (I don't use mudguards any time of the year) and it had built in channels for brakes and both derailleurs. Sold it about 6 months ago as it was too nice to waste as a winter trainer.
    I ride a bike. Doesn't make me green or a tree hugger. I drive a car too.