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Ripley Routing
Bike Set-Up Tips and Tricks
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Internal routing is provided for the
derailleur cable housing, and for a
mechanical dropper cable if you’re
not running a front derailleur (oth-
erwise the dropper cable is exter-
nal). The housing needs to be fished
through the frame before you mount
the fork. The housing provided in Ibis
build kits is a little longer than you
need and works fine as a pilot. With
no fork installed, insert the housing
into the cable exit hole that is under
the upper shock mount. When the
cable gets to the head tube, use your
finger to guide the cable through the
front access hole. We recommend that
the rear derailleur cable goes in the
left access holes.
To keep the cable quiet inside the frame,
there are a couple methods. The first:
Install three zip ties on the housing about
an inch apart, so that they will be lo-
cated in the middle of the tube when the
cable is installed in the frame (to do this,
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