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Old 02-14-2024, 02:51 PM
Mark McM Mark McM is online now
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Probably not, or at least now without a new fork. Most frames that run the cables internally through the headset either:

Use an oversized top headset bearing (using a bearing for a 1 1/2" steerer on a 1 1/8" steerer) and then using a (proprietary) top race with slots to run cables between the headset and steerer.

Or

Use a fork with a non-round steerer (such as a square or a "D" shape), which leaves room for the cables to fit between the steerer and headset bearing

Or

Running the cables down through the top of the steerer, and then out through a hole in the back of the steerer.

If your Felt AR was not originally designed for internal routing, then it probably does not have an oversized top headset bearing, or a non-round steerer. In other words, internal cable routing through the headset is generally only possible with frames/forks that were designed for it.

If your frame uses a tapered steerer (1.5" bottom, 1 1/8" top), then you might possible be able to adapt the Columbus Trittico fork. But you'll need both the Trittico fork and stem to use this system.

(I suspect that one of the reasons the bicycle biz is so enamored with disc brakes and internal cabling is that it essentially required replacing the entire bike to get these features.)
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