Rerouting Rear Derailleur Housing

[cruzKurt]

I removed the rear derailleur housing to replace the cable on my v20c. I don't have any fancy cable routing gear in my shop and was wondering if anyone has "re-routed" a new housing from shifter to the rear derailleur. It almost looks like if I disassemble the pivot clamp and loosen the steering tube, I can feed it from bottom up.

Otherwise...... I guess I am stuck routing it outside the front fork and tie wrapping to the fork.

Thanks
Kurt

 

[Mathew Fy]

A good resource:

V20c Frameset - borked fork?

I received my frame set today, and started assembly following along with The fork is giving me trouble. I tried getting my hydraulic brake cable through bottom to top, later just a regular brake cable. I can see it poke around on the derailleur side and could probably get it out with some...

forum.cruzbike.com

 

[chicorider]

I've done it. Not easy, but doable. It took time and patience. I cannot remember which direction of feeding the housing ended up working for me. I recently bought this fairly inexpensive tool (link below) off of Amazon and used it to build a road bike with fully internal cable routing, including the handlebars. Wow! What a difference it made. I haven't used it on my V20c yet, but when the time comes, it should make the job a lot easier.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093F5ZG7T?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

[cruzKurt]

Thanks everyone, I took the bike apart down to the bare fork, shoved the housing up through. After a couple of misteps and getting the parts aligned, I got it back together. Not a task to do if you are in a hurry.... That thing that holds the compression pieces together is a bear to get in place and lined up. And I had to turn the fork upside down to dump out all the pieces. Live and learn