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Old 09-14-20, 02:39 PM
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Dang bicycle catalogs

After service my Super Strada I looked at the catalog to see how the aero brake housings ran. I guess the manufacturer didn't know the bike too well. I followed the photo and the rest housing is a little

too short and I believe it should run around the handlebar seen instead of straight back.
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Old 09-14-20, 02:47 PM
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Well, if you only do right-hand turns you're OK, I guess.
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Originally Posted by non-fixie
Well, if you only do right-hand turns you're OK, I guess.
It's not as bad as it looks. You'd have to make a pretty sharp turn to affect it.
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Old 09-14-20, 04:10 PM
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Catalogs are usually put together by photographers and graphic design people trying to achieve a "look". It's not always the people who built the product. It would not be unusual for the manufacturer to ship a batch of new bikes in boxes to the photo shoot location to be assembled upon arrival.
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I see way too many folks routing the rear cable from a right aero lever to the drive-side of the head tube. Very odd.
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Yep, I made the same error on my first bike using aero routing, but live and learn. I didn't replicate the error on the second aero bike I wrapped.
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Made me look! I had to check my Miyata 710 - my first aero-lever bike that I refurbed at my mother's place in AZ - so minimal tools and no internet!

Whew! I have a big ol' loop going around the stem to the NDS
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Originally Posted by robertj298
It's not as bad as it looks. You'd have to make a pretty sharp turn to affect it.
Or a modest track stand.
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Originally Posted by non-fixie
Well, if you only do right-hand turns you're OK, I guess.
J. Edgar Hoover would be all over this...
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