That's a good way to go--also cut the liner in half and put a rubber donut in the middle to cure the rattle another lister mentioned.
-----Original Message----- From: David Hallerman [mailto:sunwarrio...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:33 AM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Protecting the top tube from brake cable A length of cable housing liner and two "donuts" at either end works perfectly. Do a search for "cable housing liner," and you'll find things like this: http://tinyurl.com/yd9oefw That one is black...I've also seen it in white... Dave, who uses liner for top tube brake cable routing and for under bottom bracket derailleur cable routing Earl Grey wrote: Hi, I went for the larger Hillborne size that fit me, and find that when I come to a stop that my thigh rests squarely on the top tube and rear brake cable, and am worried about eventual paint damage. I saw a photo of a bike recently that had a plastic sleeve around the exposed brake cable, and it was a silver-grey that pretty well matched the silver grey cable housing Rivendell sells. Anyone know what this stuff is called and where to get it? Thanks, Gernot Huber -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=.