New trek X caliber 8

hel70

Just bought the 2015 model, love it, but when I got it home my husband discovered cable ties fixing the cables to the down tube. It looks neat but he said for the money it's a cheap method of fixing cables. Is this normal or should I be calling my lbs back? Not too clued up on mechanics etc so please bear with me if this is a daft question!

cooldad

If there are cable guides they should be used. If not cable ties are for tying cables.

brianbee

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19732170#p19732170]hel70[/url] wrote:

Just bought the 2015 model, love it, but when I got it home my husband discovered cable ties fixing the cables to the down tube. It looks neat but he said for the money it's a cheap method of fixing cables. Is this normal or should I be calling my lbs back? Not too clued up on mechanics etc so please bear with me if this is a daft question!

No its not normal on a fairly expensive bike, they usually have the cables held in designed clips, just checked my Trek and there is not a cable tie in sight ? Go and check a display model( either at the LBS or elsewhere) and if different ''say I would like mine to look like that please''

buddy_club

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19732239#p19732239]brianbee[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19732170#p19732170]hel70[/url] wrote:

Just bought the 2015 model, love it, but when I got it home my husband discovered cable ties fixing the cables to the down tube. It looks neat but he said for the money it's a cheap method of fixing cables. Is this normal or should I be calling my lbs back? Not too clued up on mechanics etc so please bear with me if this is a daft question!

No its not normal on a fairly expensive bike, they usually have the cables held in designed clips, just checked my Trek and there is not a cable tie in sight ? Go and check a display model( either at the LBS or elsewhere) and if different ''say I would like mine to look like that please''

I use zipties on all my bikes. Nothing wrong with them, they are more secure than those clips too as sometimes they pop off which can be a pain. However if you are that fussed then im sure your LBS will have some.

hel70

Thanks everyone for your replies. I'm going to pop down to another shop and see what their treks are like and take it from there.

rockmonkeysc

The clips are rubbish. I usually replace them with cable ties. They do the job well.