Those new ones olive drab look sick, good luck with it!

Thanks Shawn for checking out the channel, I was hesitant as well to do this project but after diving in it proved to be relatively easy. Good luck if you decide to swap yours.

Yea the new color selections for ‘22 look great, I’m a big fan of the green one. Lol, yea brakes only slow you down.

Did you remove the barrel adjuster?

Good to know, might be good to add some type of oil or lube to the housing?

Good to know man, I will definitely try some new pads with this bike.

What brakes pads did you get. I swapped to housing already but still can't lock the brakes up.

You can use the original one, but if you really want to improve the braking quality you can get a new coated one.

@@bluecollaroutdoors5556 awesome thank you sir for the help. Added the jag wire slick cable to my cart.

They come in an universal length, you have to cut it to your bike specific size

Barrel adjusters can be nice to have if you need to make small adjustments to eliminate brake rubbing. For the brakes that this bike has there is not a very tight tolerance between the pads and the rotor so once you get the cable set you shouldn’t have to adjust it much. My thoughts on the stock wheelset, heavy and not tubeless compatible. I may get the mason and hunt gravel wheelset in the future, but doing an upgrade that is going to cost a minimum of $600 not sure if it’s worth it to me, but would save tons of weight.

David, you are correct it is a medium, and my height is 5’9, and the reach and overall comfort is nice, no complaints here!

​@@bluecollaroutdoors5556 Hey man...I'm 5' 10" with a 33" inseam and ordered a Large 10min ago (same exact bike). My arms are kinda long...hope I made the right choice!

Glad you enjoyed the video, I actually just removed the barrel adjusters for right now and I haven’t had any issues. I do plan on upgrading the cable next and I may add them back in, but for now I left them out to keep it simple and streamlined.

@@bluecollaroutdoors5556 I would be interested in seeing a video of how you would reinstall those. Would like to do this with mine as well, but would like to keep them in.

I just did this with mine, but I found I had to abandon the in line barrel adjusters since the cable is less flexible it was pinching at the adjusters. But I am putting TRP Spyre dual piston calipers on which have a barrel adjuster built in.

With all of those adjustments not working enough you may need to purchase a shorter bar stem. The shorter stem will move the bars back without having to tilt them back to compensate. Hopefully this helps.

Same question

I literally just did the cable replacement tonight. Since I had the kit and there weren't enough cable ends to add the barrel adjusters (and I found them to be finicky and didn't do a whole lot anyway) I just said eff it, went ahead without them, and it appears I didn't need them. I had to dial the brake mounts in a bit after replacement but the compressionless housing was noticeably better. Probably not as good as dual sided calipers but a big improvement for the price.

Yes I did remove the barrel adjusters, and I did the main adjustment at the caliper. I do plan to put the barrels back in on a later date and install new inner cables.

With the cable removed from the housing I measured it and cut the new housing to be 3 inches shorter to allow for the cable to be exposed at the end

Yes