Cables...have an Spesh Epic and the cables (as with most bikes) run down the underside of frame, under the BB and then along the whatsit and then to the derailleur. And boy do they get covered in stuff... and then the indexing/changing goes all a bit wrong - and that is the most annoying thing I find about MTB'ing in winter (I can put up with rain, mud, fox turd, pretty much anything...but gears not working...)
Option is to re-route the cable (fully enclosed in outer), along the cross bar, and then down the whatsit (note this is a differnent whatsit than the one mentiond above) and to the derailleur, thus potentially keeping the cable mud and glitch free.
What I want to know is if any like minded mudaholics have done this and whether it made the slightest difference...
Thoughts... (and getting a Roloff (sp) like my geeky colleague is not an option)
Option is to re-route the cable (fully enclosed in outer), along the cross bar, and then down the whatsit (note this is a differnent whatsit than the one mentiond above) and to the derailleur, thus potentially keeping the cable mud and glitch free.
What I want to know is if any like minded mudaholics have done this and whether it made the slightest difference...
Thoughts... (and getting a Roloff (sp) like my geeky colleague is not an option)