My hardtail MTB has as steel frame with external cable routing – all 3 cables (rear brake, shifter, and dropper) run down the left underside of the down tube at about a 7-8 o'clock position.
The bike came with the dropper cable routed so that it stayed on the left side, which caused the cable to press against the side of the head tube.
I'm swapping levers and re-doing the cable and was wondering if i'd be better off routing the dropper cable under the downtube (I'd swap it to the bottom-most cable guide slot), around the right side of the headtube, and then to the lever on the left side of the handlebar
Is this a bad idea? It seems like better cable routing – usually you want the cable going around the headtube for a wider arc, but I'm not sure because the cable itself ends up going down on the left side…
Something like this: https://imgur.com/a/TxBWrm1
by sprashoo
2 Comments
Yeah that’s absolutely fine to do – that’s what I would do too, reduces the sharp bend in the cable outer too, and reduces the rubbing on the paint.
I would have set it up the way youre planning on doing it for sure.