5 Bike Hacks for Internally Routed Cables - MTB, Road, Carbon, Pressfit BB

5 solutions for internally routed #cables headache! Cables and hoses routed through your bike #frame, road or #MTB. Here I'm prepping a Norco Revolver HT for a dropper post, without removing the bottom bracket.

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[g.fortin]

Nice job..very resourceful ! I thought you would be able to hook one wire end with the other hooked end.. but the vac works ..nice. Two thumbs up.

[MakerOner]

Five years later, you still give the only answer to that question! That's GREAT JOB!

[nobftw]

I also used a hoover, started with cotton, then moved onto floss, then thin electrical cable, then the dropper cable. It all worked a treat. Far better than removing the bottom bracket, which I was dreading doing lol.

[af]

I pushed the cable housing down from the seat tube and with a bit of wiggling it wanted to be pushed all the way up through the downtube. Then I just fished it out the hole in the frame.
It's way easier to do it this way because you can see the trouble area down the seat tube, so that's my best tip. I did this yesterday and I hadn't done it before.

Depending on the size and shape of the hole in the frame where the cable is going to pass through, you might want to do a loop with a ziptie into the frame, and when the cable housing enters through it you can pull it tight so you got a way to pull the housing out with. Just think of a lasso.

[th_js]

I know the feeling man. I had a lot of trouble with my old Giant Anthem and like everyone says, once you're having trouble with internal cable routing, that's when your creativity is the at the best! (No one says that, but still)

[thebdceigal]

Cool stuff. We used to use vacuums to suck a pull cable through conduit back when I did phone work years ago. Helps if you tie something like a small piece of tissue to the end. Also a small chain tied to the end of a string, drop it down then grab it with a hook works very well.

[Srinox]

The vacuum cleaner method actually worked out pretty well for me.
Big thank you, saved my day!

[BVilM]

Before buying my dropper post last month. Was trying to find ways on how to install it Internally. Was facing the same problem. Decided to buy an external dropper instead. Next time I know what to do. Great video. Cheers

[markknowles]

I have a 24" to 36" flexible claw grabber purchased at home supply or auto parts store for $10. Pushed the cable housing down to the bottom bracket then snagged it with the claw grabber. Slowly pushed cable in from the top of down tube and pulled it up the seat tube. Quick and easy.

[DSTRuKT]

You're a life saver dude! Installing a fox transfer on my Scott Scale was a complete PITA but with this hack I finaly did it! God bless you!

[ThunderStruckMTB]

this made me love my Magura Vyron even more!

[nathanricetalks]

I have tried all of these.. I have no problem fiddling the inner cable through the frame, but the housing always gets stuck somewhere in the middle of the frame. I have even tried to tape inner cable and housing together and to pull the inner cable back towards the handlebars. Nothing, but now the tape is inside my frame. I don't know what to do anymore.

[davidfong]

For a dropper housing, I found it easier to push the cable down the seat tube as the bend into the down tube is not as sharp coming from that way. Goes right up the down tube!

[EDMLuigiRS]

Love your videos brother now I know a new trick for my next build, keep it up the good work!!

[tl]

Braided fishing line works good, its alot stronger when you need to pull it around a corner or something.

[jamestrost]

I literally have been stuck with a 50% built bike because I had no clue how to route the dropper thank you

[NonLegitNation]

I bought a generic cable routing kit on Amazon for $17.00 but the only thing I'm iffy about is routing my hydraulic brake hose. I don't want to have to bleed the brakes after installing it so I'm thinking of removing the hose at the lever instead of the caliper and fishing the hose through the frame from the bottom up. The cable routing kit I got has a tiny metal piece that screws into the end of a hydraulic hose and tehn a piece of thin cable with a piece of metal screws to that so I can fish the thin cable through the frame and pull the hose through after it I'm just hoping it fits my hose and it essentially plugs the hose so I don't leak mineral oil all over the place and have to bleed the brake. Wish me luck, I'm going to watch atleast 5 or 6 more cable routing videos before I attempt it on Monday with my new frame.

[johnkpoehner]

I have been preparing for over a month to install internal dropper post, both mentally and gathering the possible necessary items. I have pondered all of your ideas also. My plan was to avoid the BB altogether by exit frame and reenter seat post tube. I was concerned about the tight radius that the crank would cause cable and housing. Also concerned about crank rotating on cable housing. My bike is 2010 Trek Fuel EX8. I will be machining all three oval holes with help of Dremel right angle attachment to get holes as low as possible in the “V” above BB. I do have the grommets. Thank you in advance for your reply. No matter what, today’s the day!

[sneakyjaguar]

Thanks for this video. The vaccum worked out! Finally installed my dropper post.

[DnL]

Dude you rock. I was able to get it with the thread and shop vac. Thank you so much.