one of the cables can be run with a full length housing from the shifter to the derailleur, but not back. there is a seperate cable for adjusting the tension of the unit. it utilises a spring at the shifter, so it can't use cable housing.
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Stephen Fredette
Hull, Massachusetts
>stephen fredette wrote:
>>i'm trying to hook up an old huret course rear derailleur, circa 1946.
>>it uses two cables so how do i get them both by the bottom bracket
>>on the same side of the seat tube?
>
>I believe this was intended for full-length housing all the way from
>the lever to the derailer and back again, housing most likely
>secured by spring clips to the down tube and chainstay.
>
>I think an open cable setup would be anachronistic for this unit.
>
>Sheldon "Fully Clothed" Brown