How do those of you with a time trial bike arrange the gear cables? I am using some carbon Profile aero extensions that are not drilled. The frame has traditional down tube cable stops. I could, if brave, drill the extensions about 30mm from the end which would miss the bare end shifters and run the cable internally and out the back. This means a near vertical drop to the bosses. I could just tape them tidily but the loops look a bit scruffy. Any brilliant but secret ideas for neat cabling?

Alligator cables?

Unfortunately not.

Most have a hole were you describe and route the cables through to the ends of the poles (my Zipp ones for example) but then you end up with a couple of nasty bends to get from the pole ends to the cable stops, especially if you have a lot of stack up to the poles. Even with Nokon outers the shifting is still rubbish. I’m going Di2 for the next build.

Edit… I’d probably go eTap and do away with the routing altogether if it wasn’t for the awkward blip box.

EPS, DI2 or eTap 😛

Is there a cough splutter smiley. The entire bull bar, extensions, stem, levers and shifters set up cost 30 quid. I might buy some new Benotto tape (and that will be fake stuff) and a new gear inner. N+ lots is done on a budget. Don’t think I’ll bother, its only to look neat.

Best not to drill carbon, if you have to then better as close to the shifters as possible and then run under the tape, this will also give you nicer curve to the stops.

I always did mine with electrical tape, not hugely neat but cheap enough

Have you tried cutting down the extensions? Have you got a pic so we can see exactly what you mean too.

Extensions normally have a slot hole to exit the gear cable. Some designs exit the cable directly out the back. I’d not hesitate to drill, personally.