Silvio front gear cable arrangement?

[Tyaitch]

I'm new to Cruzbikes and am in the process of building a Silvio 1.5. I can't see how the front gear cable is supposed to feed around the bottom bracket and attach to the derailleur as there is no guide or other supplied parts that facilitate this. I can think of a couple of arrangements that might work but nothing looks obvious to me. Might anyone be able to provide me with a pic (or pics) of this arrangement please to help me out?

 

[mickjordan]

Front gear cable

The "guide" is the hole between the ring clamps and the chainstay. It's a pity there isn't a braze on cable holder to attach to. I went out and bought a section of outer cable. When the cable is tensioned it stays in place pretty well, but it's kinda hard to get it to bend initially. Some of the other posts on build issues have photos that may help.

 

[mickjordan]

PHOTO POINTER

Specifically see the post Silvio 1.5 Build photos. There is a close up of the cable routing.

 

[Doug Burton]

See Photos here;

http://www.cruzbike.com/silvio-15-pictures

More will be forthcoming soon.

The bike pictured is a final pre-production prototype, so the braze-on for the final cable stop is in a different place than on the production version, which places it on the slider tube instead of the boom tube for a shorter housing run.

Cheers,

Doug

 

[Doug Burton]

Housing selection for derailleur cable housing loop

This loop of cable should be made from 250mm (10") of brake cable housing. Since this section of cable isn't under compression, we want it to retain its cross-sectional circularity rather than its length, and some flexibility is useful. Therefore, a spiral-wound section of brake cable housing is preferred.

Cheers,

Doug

 

[Tyaitch]

Thanks - All sorted now

Thanks guys for the posts. As is ususally the way I stumbled on the pic you point me to Doug a few mins after posting my query last night - having previously searched in vain. I used some gear cable but accept (and agree with) your last post Doug so I'll get this changed across to brake cable.
My Silvio is now ready for a first road trial - I've never riden a Cruzbike, nor even seen one for real before, so I'm very much looking forward to the experience. Sods Law has however kicked in again - its dark outside and wet so I'm going to wait! I'm busy at work all week so it may be next Saturday before I get the chance...
First impressions so far are:

• 
  It feels a very good quality machine - lovely finish and very pleasing.
• 
  I'm surprised how much heavier the front of the bike is than the rear - don't know why as it's obvious most of the weight is at the front but it still suprised me.
• 
  The wheels look close together making me wonder whether it might be "squirrelly" to steer but as its FWD so I'm guessing the whole feel is going to be so different I'm not going to notice this.

I've also bought a rack - Jim has sent me an Axiom "journey adjustable 2429" which looks an excellent quality rack but I really can't see how it fits. I've found the holes in the Silvio frame ready to take a rack or mudguards but using these would mean the front of the rack is going to interefere with the rear brake unless the rack is positioned at a slant or unless there are some custom fittings to connect the rack to the hols in the Silvio frame seat stays? I have no such fittings.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Cheers

 

[mickjordan]

Housing selection for derailleur cable housing loop/Instructions

Doug,

My assembly instructions state "gear cable" not "brake cable".