Originally Posted by 70sSanO

The only hoods I know of where brake cables are routed through the hoods are for vintage non-aero brakes. There are no shift/brake levers routed through the hoods, in fact I can’t recall any shift cables routed through the hoods.

You will have to remove the brake cables from the brakes and re-install them. Something even a non-mechanical person, (who can magically identify and track down vintage brake hoods but seemingly cannot loosen a brake cable) is able to accomplish.

John