I had a feeling this would not end well. It’s probably why I bought some alcohol on my trip to Monoprix this afternoon. I have been beaten by internal cable routing, badly. I even tried the dental floss method, only to lose my cable AND my floss.
I don’t have a way to change from one chainring to another now, but at least I’ve got something to drown my sorrows in. The cup will definitely be half full tonight.
The Vicious Cycle 
And the debate of the LBS continues……..
I’ll be visiting them tomorrow, that’s for sure.
I feel your pain. I’ll have one for you tonight too. And maybe on the weekend also as I’m trading cleats for hiking boots.
I appreciate that. You can have two, if you’re feeling really back for me.
Wot? What happened?
Attempted to change my gear cables myself. It was above my pay grade.
It’s a two person job Gerry. Feed it backwards and have a second pair of hands at the ready with a small hook (bend an old spoke in a 90 degree angle about 1/2″ from the end) and a pair of needle nosed pliers. Good luck man.
I got it done in the end, but then made the mistake of going at the brake cables, too. One got ‘lost’ in the top tube and took a good amount of praying to various gods (I think Eddy Merkcx finally answered) before it came out that tiny hole.
LOL! Internal routing is awesome until you have to change cables out… I just had an Aerofly handlebar put on the Venge so the cables had to be redone – and they route through the bar too! I stuck around just so I could see how it was done. Prayer makes a lot of sense after going through that. Glad you got ‘er done. Oh, and beautiful bike by the way.
If it doesn’t involve hitting things with a hammer , it is always above my pay grade. I admire your ambition.
If the hammer doesn’t work, then get a big hammer.
Sound advice.
Hi Gerry,
I have heard that a shop vac on the bottom bracket underside to suck the floss/string through works. Though I have not yet tried this method.
Geo
Nice one, Geo! I’ll keep that little ditty in mind next time it happens.