Doug my man is spot on. I have an '03 Atlantis same deal. I have the heat
shrink tubing and yes when I work on the rear derailler and not dilligant I
will find it isn't in the channel slot. Doug when I have time this fall I'm
going to follow you're lead and do the same. Man I'm constanly
I've made longer tubes by extracting the inner lining from brake housing or
even a brake noodle. A longer tube can still shift around but hopefully
not shift so far that you are sawing the metal.
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Hugh:
Next time we're together remind me we'll flip over my Atlantis. The
ridges on the BB shell file off fairly easily. The BB does need to come
out to drill tap the hole for the screw that holds the guide on.
dougP
On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 1:29:24 AM UTC-7, hsmitham wrote:
Doug my
My cables have been sawing away at my bottom bracket on my Atlantis since
1998. It is my 'car' and I ride it constantly. There is a shallow groove
worn into the shell, but not very deep. It should be good for another
couple of decades. The frustration of the cable popping out of the little
On Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 7:33:38 PM UTC-6, Lungimsam wrote:
Bleriots were made with metal shifter cable guide channels that are molded
into the bb shell.
They are not the bolt on kind.
My Bleriot was originally built up with some plastic tubing that lays onto
the guide channels.
i once had cables replaced on a vintage bike with this same sort of
routing. the place put on cables that had been dipped in wax or plastic in
that section (just 6 or 7 inches) so that it wouldnt rub so harshly. just a
super thin layer of black around the cable in that area. at the time i
It seems fine on a number of my bikes with similar guides to go bare cable on
metal bb shell. The plastic clear shell may help reduce the friction a bit and
extend the life of your cable... I've got some in my garage if you want to
swing down to Alexandria some time your welcome to enough for
I seem to recall this question being raised 10 years ago or so, and Grant
saying, in effect, It's not a problem, don't worry about it. I don't have
any derailleur bike with formed-in guides, but I'd use them if I had them.
I can't see myself how you would damage anything by running the cables
One more thing: back in the old days of clamp-on, over-the-bb cable guides,
these guides were regularly chrome plated steel
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Patrick Moore bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
I seem to recall this question being raised 10 years ago or so, and Grant
saying, in
I had the same problem on my Atlantis. I got a plastic cable guide, filed
off the BB ridges and drilled tapped a small mounting hole for the
guide. No more cables falling out of the channels. BTW, that plastic
stuff looks like heat shrink tubing. It never stayed in the guides but
always
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