I have a braze on front mech on my Orange road bike, circa 1994. I've just noticed that the front mech cable is touching slightly on the frame where it comes up between the chainstays.
When I look at the guide under the BB the cable does seem to be pulling slightly to the side of the direction the guide aims at. The mech I'm using is a fairly modernish ultegra one, but looking at pics of older, period mechs I don't see any apparent difference in how far over the cable clamp is.
The mech is centred in the curve of the braze-on and shifting is fine but I don't want the cable sawing at my frame each time I shift so I was thinking about feeding the cable through a bit of rubber pipe to protect the frame.
Has anyone else experienced this? If so any tips?
When I look at the guide under the BB the cable does seem to be pulling slightly to the side of the direction the guide aims at. The mech I'm using is a fairly modernish ultegra one, but looking at pics of older, period mechs I don't see any apparent difference in how far over the cable clamp is.
The mech is centred in the curve of the braze-on and shifting is fine but I don't want the cable sawing at my frame each time I shift so I was thinking about feeding the cable through a bit of rubber pipe to protect the frame.
Has anyone else experienced this? If so any tips?