Cyclocross front derailleur

[webhead]

Hi all,

I'm mounting a gruppo that I have lying around on a cross bike but
I've never done anything else besides road bikes so I noticed my down
pull derailleur doesn't take a cable from above. Now, I've noticed a
hole with thread a few cm down on the seat tube facing the rear. Is
this for a sort of pulley to convert the top cable to a down cable? It
seems ideally placed for it.

Anyone any experience with using down pulls as a top pull?
Any pictures and info on cable routing on cross bikes would be usefull
also.

thx!

[almost_fast@yahoo.com]

On Dec 12, 11:39 am, webhead <webh...@telenet.be> wrote:
> I've noticed a
> hole with thread a few cm down on the seat tube facing the rear. Is
> this for a sort of pulley to convert the top cable to a down cable?

Probaly. Many cross bikes have such an arrangement.

> Any pictures and info on cable routing on cross bikes would be usefull
> also.

cyclingnews.com sometimes features pro bikes, usually with lots of
pictures.

[Michael Baldwin]

WebHead writes - I've noticed a hole with thread a few cm down on the
seat tube facing the rear. Is this for a sort of pulley to convert the
top cable to a down cable?

Exactly! The Simon Burney book, Cyclo-Cross Training and Technique has
a perfect image depicting what you are describing...however I'm
currently without a scanner...can anyone else help out WebHead?

Best Regards - Mike Baldwin

[webhead]

On Dec 13, 2:11 am, MLB5...@webtv.net (Michael Baldwin) wrote:
> WebHead writes - I've noticed a hole with thread a few cm down on the
> seat tube facing the rear. Is this for a sort of pulley to convert the
> top cable to a down cable?
>
> Exactly! The Simon Burney book, Cyclo-Cross Training and Technique has
> a perfect image depicting what you are describing...however I'm
> currently without a scanner...can anyone else help out WebHead?
>
> Best Regards - Mike Baldwin

I managed to fix it with a pulley meant for guiding a cable to an
internal gearing system. Works great.