Close Menu
    Bike Repair

    Removing spacers

    Share.
    View 15 Comments

    15 Comments

    1. SensitiveCounty5792 on

      Damn that’s a stupid design, best way to test without messing with cables would be to make a small slice in the front of the spacers to get the cables through

    2. mlydon11 on

      Only option is to cut holes in the spacers to allow the cables to pass through.

    4. mrmcderm on

      And I thought Scott had a bad design.

      Outside of manually cutting the spacers you’re going to need to disconnect your cables. ☹️

    5. Eluge458 on

      Just as I feared hahaha, no simple solution apart from cutting the spacers. Poor design!

      Thanks everyone

    6. Weak_Tadpole_6708 on

      I’m declaring Holy War on every company that designs bike with brake/shift stuff routed through the headset. May they all go bankrupt.

    7. schmaltzherring on

      That’s a dumb design. Welcome to the world of internal cable routing, where a simple 10 minute job becomes a 2 hour exercise in recabling and brake bleeding.

    8. Axolotl451 on

      Infernal routing is not designed with the consumer in mind. You need to cut the spacers off. Remove 1 at a time and give it a few rides. It will be very expensive to add more back. Have your LBS trim the steerer, these things are a pain to work on and should not be on most bikes.

    9. thatiam963 on

      just cut them open. (the spacers of course) to buy new is cheaper than to open the hoses and bleed

    10. theemccracken on

      This is not making me look at my Sava saved on Amazon in a good way! Might consider not getting it now just because of rhis “feature” haha

    11. Winter-Swimmer-3000 on

      I’m not 100% sure, but it looks like your spacers *may* have the infrequent design where they clip at the back or side. That would be to the left and bottom in your photo.

      I might be wrong, but think I can see what looks like the clip section(s) in there.
      I’ve added a highlighted photo in another post.

    13. LegStrngLeathertaint on

      The spacers on my Domane slide open to allow you to insert or remove the cables. Check carefully if yours are not the same – maybe you missed it.

    14. TheDaysComeAndGone on

      Cut a slot on the inside of the spacer with a good sidecutter (cable housing cutter would be ideal) for the hydraulic hoses to pass through.

    15. Rubbertutti on

      Cut a slot on each compartment closest to the steerer. Cut it by the sides so it’s only supported by the center this will allow you to bend one side inwards to slide the cable out and the other side will open outwards. This way you still have a useable spacer should you need it later.

    Leave A Reply