I think I like this method! May give it a try next time I get new cables... ----- Original Message ----- From: benzzoy To: RBW Owners Bunch Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:58 PM Subject: [RBW] Re: Protecting the top tube from brake cable
On Nov 18, 6:36 am, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > How does everyone protect their head tube paint from being abused by > their shifter cable housing? I've found some amount of cable rub > happening and I'm not sure how to protect the head tube better. You can protect your headtube paint by routing the cable housing in such a way as to avoid rubbing the headtube. :) For me, the rubbing only occurs with the derailleur housings. To address that, I route the right housing (for the rear derailleur cable) around to the left cable stop, and the left housing to the right cable stop. This creates a larger arc that does not rub the headtube. Then I cross the cable on the downtube, such that when they reach the BB shell, they're back to their right side=rear cable, left side=front cable positions. The crossing between the cable stop and the BB shell does not impact shifting and the gentler arc probably helps mitigate housing friction to boot. See: http://tinyurl.com/yaqgdse and http://tinyurl.com/5c9a5 -B -- 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=.
