Roval Rapide Stem Cable Guide and Bolt

Pull a Roval Rapide stem off the steerer tube and the little guide underneath it is the piece most likely to go missing — it unbolts along with the cables and ends up in a parts tray, or gets chewed up by a hex key during a creak hunt. The Rapide Stem Cable Guide and Bolt is the factory service item for exactly that: the bolt-on guide that sits against the underside of the stem body, plus the single bolt that holds it there.

On the bike, it does the unglamorous work of keeping brake hoses and shift wires organized where they make their tightest turn. Lines exit the back of the handlebar, run along the bottom of the stem, and drop into the upper headset transition spacer and on into the frame. The guide holds them in position and spaced through that transition so nothing crosses, kinks, or rattles against the edge of the spacer opening once the front end is torqued down and the bike is back on the road.

Worth being specific about fitment, because the naming around this family of parts gets confusing. This guide is for the Roval Rapide stem — the forged alloy two-piece stem specced on Tarmac SL9 and Crux 5 frames — and it is a different part from the cable clamp used under the Tarmac SL7 and SL8 stem, and different again from the hardware inside the Rapide Cockpit, the one-piece carbon bar and stem. If your front end is a separate bar and stem sitting on contoured spacers, this is the correct guide.... Read More