bikemig 

I thought that the right way to route the cables for bar end shifters was to run them up the bars so that they come out underneath the brake levers. That's the way I was taught to do them when I worked in a shop and that's how I set up my 70s Fuji Finest. Then I saw a pic of how Mariano Basso had his bar end shifters set up. Whoa, he had his mechanic set them up so that they ran all the way underneath the tape and came out near the handlebars. It just happens that I picked up a 1971 Witcomb with all campy stuff including campy bar end shifters. The cable housing on that bike is set up just like Mariano did it. Who the heck am I to argue with Mariano Basso . . .


70s Fuji Finest

1971 Witcomb as found in the "wild"

Basso's bike