Hey I recently picked up some 50mm rise top shelf bars and trying to eyeball whether I'll need longer cables or not. It looks like it'll be close. Ive never done cables on drop bars before only mtbs. The pictures make it look like more cable slack than there is…
What do yall think?
by Pitiful_Grand573
3 Comments
Absolutely not. I’d take about 20% off to get them looking really clean. MTB housing is a different beast because of the suspension. You can keep them much tighter on drop bar bikes
Not even the slightest, in fact that would be a tad long for me, especially the rear derailleur cable. If you’re able to make full 90-120 degree turns of the bars and the housing doesn’t forcefully pull, you’re fine. Not that you’ll be making those kinds of turns while riding a bike anyway.
From the look of it. Nope. Just turn them all the way each side to see if you have any tension?