Wyrgrid overhead cable tray routing system brochure. Had yokozuna on my older bike and it was exceptional. The ir1 speeds the internal routing of electronic wires, shift cablehousing, brake cablehousing and hydraulic brake line on carbon fiber, titanium and aluminum framesincludes a guide magnet and three plastic coated installation cables, each with a magnet on one end and a unique adapter tip on the other endworks with any size frame, including. Theres something to be said for the oldstyle external cables fit recovery says. A retractable, flexible magnet can be inserted into the receiving end of an internal cable run to find the magnetic adapter and easily pull it through. Depending on the frame, internal routing can be a nightmare. The park tools ir1 internal cable routing installation kit is simply brilliant the most brilliant ideas are always simple after all. The problem here is that the cable has internal plastic lining as well as a thin plastic casing to keep the metal ribbon in place. Have anyone used the yokozuna reaction cable housing. Retail stores in portland, oregon and lancaster, pennsylvania.
So when the time comes for a refresh, stick with the best. But it is a pain in the ass to set up if you have sharp bends in your handle bars or have to bend cables into an internal routing system on top tube. Speeds the internal frame routing of electric wires, shift cablehousing, brake cablehousing, and hydraulic tubing on carbon fiber, ti, and aluminum frames. I just built a new storck thats sold as mechanical and di2 routing, but really they made it for di2. We offers customization, licensing agreements and readytoinstall scrss. Kit includes three plastic coated 250cm cables with attached magnets and unique fittings, plus an external guide magnet to speed operation.
Hidden cables have introduced an element of the unknown that deters otherwise mechanically proficient riders from doing basic maintenance. The housing and cables from your component manufacturer that you lovingly cut and installed to carefully ensure that the branding is facing out are actually holding your shifting and braking back. You can apply sophisticated effects, routing and switching, and combine the audio streams from each individual application any way you. To make it easier to reroute next time, and to squirt a bit of. The ir1 has been discontinued and replaced by the ir1. Root i did it once, on a finished frame, by drilling a hole in the top tube at either end. I have already changed the inner cables a couple of times, and as far as i can tell, there are outer cables in the down tube. Apparently someone of great importance decided that cable and brake housing was embarrassing. This means that ill be removing the front derailleur all together.
Dealing with internal cable routing mountain biking. I was dreading routing the housing thinking that it was going to be difficult so i decided to put the trainer together first. As great as it looks and as much of a benefit as it may be for keeping grit out of. If you have a bike with internal cable routing that isnt a santa cruz nomad wed recommend considering getting one of these installation kits. Since the introduction of di2, seven has been building frames with standard cable routing that allows riders to use zipties to secure the di2 cables. I have just ordered a oneup components 42t sprocket and a race face 30t narrowwide single ring so that i can convert my 3x10 drive train into a 1x10. Their proprietary jet lubed process fills the outer with just the right amount of special grease, to keep things ultraslick. Internal cable routing woes if theres one thing that seems to cause more grief than anything else in our bike repair workshop, its internal cables. The cables are larger than standard, which means the ferrules are also custom to yokozuna. Jagwire attracts mechanics with new dual magnetic pro. I had this thought of doing a diy internal cable routing.
Installing cables might seem as a daunting task, but with the right tools, it is a really easy job. This of course means that both cables will need swapping due to fraying etc. A powerful algorithm allocates automatically the optimal routing of cables according to the different constraints defined by the users. Kit includes four plastic coated 250cm cables with attached magnets and unique fittings plus an.
While cleaning the bicycle i find the internal routing handier, because the surface is featureless, thus easier to clean. Our industry customers demand we use highgrade raw materials and strict quality control. Scrs, simplified cable routing system, is the patent pending new way to do internal cable routing. The ir1 speeds the internal frame routing of electric wires, shift cablehousing, brake cablehousing, and hydraulic tubing on carbon fiber, ti, and aluminum frames. Internal top tube cable routing novice framebuilder. Park do an internal routing kit with magnets etc which no doubt youll be aware of but you shouldnt need that.
Improving on the only partially successful method with the bike assembled this method depends on the procedure being carried out on an. I heard very good things about yokozuna cables but there were two caveats 1 the cable diameter seems slightly wider. This was a new sram red setup and the biggest contributor to me was the cross cabling in the cockpit. Yokozuna only includes four ferrules for the brake cables. Put simply, synchronous audio router lets you route audio from any windows application through a daw digital audio workstation application, giving you an immense amount of control over your systems audio. New from park tool in 2015 to solve the problem of running internal cables. It is available to force the ways by a specific mode too. Internal cable routing for shimano di2 compatibility for riders planning to take advantage of shimanos di2 groupset, seven cycles offers an internal cable routing option on our frames. Cable change with internal routing cyclechat cycling forum. The makers behind the yokozuna brand has had decades of experience subcontracting to the biggest drivetrain makers in the industry providing cable and housing products for their prolevel groups.
Routing john, i wonder if the cables are routed correctly through shifter body, or if there is a roller absent within the assembly. Threading an internal brake or gear cable through your road or mountain bike frame can appear to be a fiddly and time consuming job, but its easy when you know how. Rocky mountain, trek, and specialized all provides tons of room for a mechanic to get brake fittings in an out and zip tie all the cables together to silence them. And in todays reality of electronic shifting and increasingly more organic designs it is surely here to stay. Take the guesswork out of installing cables, wires and housing inside the frame.
It has shimano 105 and internally routed cables in the down tube. It looks a bit cleaner, but doesnt add any functionality and, if done badly, makes regular maintenance like replacing cables a pain in the ass. The biggest problem i had was the internal routing of the brake cables through the ritchey wcs carbon handlebars. Find the right hole in the front, and the tubeintube system make the cable pop out at the wanted destination in the rear. This is much more difficult and the method i describe is how i have tackled the problem. If the user manual isnt enough to help you replace your cables, weve got you covered and will help you along the way with this short, and informative video. Thats the funniest thing i have ever seen on bike rumor there is only one way to do it without being a pain use a strong, not to small but not to big magnet. Cable design software to automate electrical routing. Schemcabling gives also the filling rate of the used routes. Internal cable routing has been around for a while now some executions better than others. Yokozuna reaction brakeshifter cablehousing cruzbike forum. The latter problem was also due to the stiffness of the housing. Hi i have a whyte suffolk, and i need to change the cables.
Now dont get me wrong, they look great but often they are just not that well thought out. Both gear cables run down underneath the bottom bracket sleeve. How to save your marriage by using yokozuna reaction cables. Best case, youre pushing a piece of cable or housing through a full tube inside the frame. Take the guesswork out of installing cables, wires, and housing inside the frame. These days virtually every midtoupperend mtb comes with internally routed cables. Park tool internal cable routing kit brilliant bikes. Sure, once its installed it looks clean and can keep the cables sheltered from dirt and the wind, but often installation can be frustrating to say the least. Internal routing with arts cyclery 4 as sleek and svelte as carbon frames are, there are still those unsightly housing runs cluttering up the bikes profile. I no i will be a right ball ache feeding a drag wire through but why not. The jet lubed cables and stylish reaction housing of yokozuna s reaction universal cable kit are the solution, reducing the flex and twist of the adequate. There is a current vogue for routing rear brake cables from the front right side to the rear left side of the top tube. Using excel or our dbview spreadsheet program, the cable designer prepares a list of cables and includes the cable type, origindestination equipment and service level restrictions.
Internal cables on mechanical shifting is stupid i had a buddy pickup an sl4 and while routing the cables i went through the exact same scenario and used the exact same fixes. Pro internal routing tool jagwires pro internal routing tool simplifies routing through a frame, using powerful magnets to safely and easily guide cables, housing, and eshift wires. The cable housing did start to crack as well if bends are at limit. Im unfamiliar with the cannondale but scott have a very similar setup where youre obliged to disconnect both cables to gain access. I have a carbon frame with internal cable routing so once ive removed the shifter cable there will be open ports in the frame. Its great to see a manufacturer on here standing behind their product and speaking openly about problems with previous versions. I used some in 2016 to build my hong fu fm079f with trp hyrd mechanical disc calipers and campagnolo chorus. Internal cable routing isnt even on the list of things i look for when shopping for a bike. A relatively simple tool, the pro internal routing tool is basically a wand with two different magnets. Jag wire certainly isnt the first company to devise a magnetic internal routing tool, but after seeing their new pro internal routing tool in person, it will probably be in high demand once available. I was leaning towards yokozuna cables until i read this.
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