Cable Trail.
The super quick bikes with electronic gears and hydraulic hoses concealed within the handlebars and frame are so much neater than what you can achieve with wired controls. This isn't too bad a configuration and keeps the cables out of harms way and out of the wind. Using electrical shrink wrap tubing has enabled me to create stops and padding outside of the cables to keep things in place as they exit the bars and enter the frame. The front brake cable takes a torturous route through the steerer column to actuate the front brake caliper which is concealed within the fork blades. You need a lot of patience and fiddling about to make that work succesfully.
Cable Trail.
The super quick bikes with electronic gears and hydraulic hoses concealed within the handlebars and frame are so much neater than what you can achieve with wired controls. This isn't too bad a configuration and keeps the cables out of harms way and out of the wind. Using electrical shrink wrap tubing has enabled me to create stops and padding outside of the cables to keep things in place as they exit the bars and enter the frame. The front brake cable takes a torturous route through the steerer column to actuate the front brake caliper which is concealed within the fork blades. You need a lot of patience and fiddling about to make that work succesfully.