Say goodbye to the eternal struggle of internal cable routing on your road or gravel bike – enter the Cane Creek HCR (Hidden Cable Routing) system, the smart upgrade that gives you that impossibly clean cockpit look… without making every bar-tape change or travel day a full-blown engineering project.
Traditional fully internal setups? Yeah, they look sleek until you need to swap a hose or fly with your bike – then it's pure pain. HCR flips the script: it hides those brake hoses neatly out of sight using clever open channels in the stem and slotted spacers, so nothing's fully enclosed or buried. Result? Cables stay invisible from the front, but they're still ridiculously easy to access.
Key wins:
- Installation is actually straightforward (no fighting cables through tiny holes)
- Maintenance doesn't require a PhD or special tools
- Travel-friendly – pop the stem, cables stay put, no drama at check-in
- Fully sealed where it matters to keep mud, water, and grief out
The HCR headsets comes with a useful spacer pack right out of the box: 1×10mm + 2×5mm, so you can fine-tune your stack height without extra parts hunting.
In short: all the tidy, aero aesthetics of hidden routing, minus the usual headaches. Your bike looks pro-level clean, your hands stay happy, and your future self (and mechanic) will high-five you. Time to make that front end look as good as your riding feels!