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FartsWithAnAccent Feb 25, 2025

This bike designer moved to external routing because frames were cracking at the internal ports

This bike designer moved to external routing because frames...

https://www.singletracks.com/mtb-gear/this-bike-company-moved-to-external-routing-because-their-frames-were-cracking-at-the-internal-ports/

This bike designer moved to external routing because frames were cracking at the internal ports

It turns out that internal frame routing isn't just frustrating for home mechanics — bike frame designers struggle with it too.

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I recently got a specialized road bike with internal routing and I like it. Itlooks great. I can’t imagine ever placing the kind of stresses that would course it to crack.