Old 09-20-19, 12:37 AM
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CarloM
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Originally Posted by Dean V
You could well be right with the hidden cable routing.
Got to say that it doesn't do anything for me.
I admit that it looks clean and tidy but as far as maintenance, cables binding, rattling etc I see it as all negatives.
And any aero gains would not be measurable for the riding I do.
Same. Only interested for aesthetics. I’m not strong enough to realize the 1 second savings over 20 miles going 25mph!

I will say one thing that annoys me is cable rattling with external cables (currently happening on my Cervélo which I’m going to try and tape down with electrical tape...it’s coming from the underside of my handlebars). And the rats nest on my TCR is so unsightly I’m going to pay a separate mechanic to tidy it up.

i think by the time I’m ready for a new frame, around 2020-21, they’ll have figured out better solutions to internal cable rattling.
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