Internal cabling ensures a tidy appearance: the cables usually disappear inside the frame near the head tube and only see the light of day again near the shifting and braking components on the seat tube or the chainstays. However, this type of cabling also has its pitfalls: for example, a mundane change of the outer shifter cover can turn into a fiddly orgy if the outer covers do not run in separate cable ducts, but "simply" have to be routed via entry and exit openings.

Rocky Mountain is now facing a different problem with the internal cabling of the 2018 Pipeline, Altitude and Instinct models. It is important to check whether the brake line and gear cables are routed through the opening provided in the frame. Another point to check is whether the cabling is routed generously enough so that it does not come under tension when the rear triangle compresses. Another point to check is whether a cable tie under the bottom bracket keeps the cabling together and away from the chainring.

The Swiss Rocky Mountain supplier Chris Sports has already informed the specialist retailers, and affected customers will receive the recall information from the specialist retailers accordingly.