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@GreatSince78
Hi Gang, I just picked up a late 90's road bike, a Peugeot Competition 400, Columbus Thron tubing, so nothing remarkable but it's in good nick apart from one issue....
The top tube internal cable routing seems blocked. Initially I could see what looked like some plastic from some old cable housing stuck in there but after some careful prising with tweezers I managed to remove a two inch section of screwed up cable outer plastic, deep joy, or so I thought!
Celebrating my prowess I tried to thread a brake cable through the top tube but to my horror I found the internal routing was still blocked. It seems there was more old plastic stuck in there, so I thought sod it and got my drill out and carefully drilled out some more of the plastic.
Sadly my drill bit isn't long enough to get all the way in there, I also tried using a spoke and straightened coat hanger and tried pushing from the other end to dislodge the offending blockage but it's properly jammed in there.
The interweb hasn't provided any help, so I was wondering if any of you have experienced this problem, and how you solved it, here's hoping and thanks in advance...
p.s. I know I could use cable holders to route the brake cable externally, but I'd like to avoid that if possible, thanks.