It is impossible, isn't it? I do need a twist shifter on the Trice recumbent and I remember buying it as an upgrade a while ago with a cable already installed. Now the time has come to replace it and I confidently open the little window, pull out the old cable .... and then start to thread the new one. But there is nowhere obvious to go, the window is too small with the mechanism barely visible .... and the cable end gets frayed time and time again. I ruin that cable, start a new one, same thing, getting rather angry now. I have a coffee to try to cool down, I have wasted so much time already, and then I take the shifter completely apart from the top-end (not difficult) but it doesn't really help ... even when I manage to get the cable with minimal fraying into the canal then there is still a 90 degree bend to get round - which a simple porthole would remedy, but, of course, nothing there. It is SO badly designed I cannot believe that I haven't missed something obvious, especially when no-one else seems to have mentioned any problem. I am now stuck with my normal commuting machine out of action, a couple of hours wasted, and the dilemma of what to do next.....
Does this sound familiar or am I being a dork?