Originally Posted by
Russcoles11
I managed to get all cables routed through the little holes in the frame without widening any of them. The trick was to put the 1st gear cable through, work out where it goes through the hole and strip a small section of plastic from the outer at that point.
I haven't tried this yet, but one idea I had is to strip the plastic from both housings at the entry point, then covering that area with heat-shrink tubing (so you have one piece of plastic around both housings). That should keep water out, and hopefully prevent the housing from buckling.
Originally Posted by
Russcoles11
One thing I have learned is that anyone doing a similar build should remember to get a cable stop brazed on for the front deraileur. I managed to find a clamp on cable stop but it's not as neat a solution.
One more point in favor getting some frame work done, I guess. We've got plenty of old dérailleurs with integrated cable stops kicking around, but finding one that will work with the frame is pretty unlikely.