Actually, I think some donuts grip the cable better than others. Look for the soft rubber 5-sided ones rathe than the hard/shiny rubber round ones...
Steve Frederick, East Lansing, MI -----Original Message----- From: Mojo [mailto:gjtra...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:01 AM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Protecting the top tube from brake cable I use 3 groups of 3 donuts across the top tube, and they stay put with no migration at all. But perhaps it is my cables. I think I am currently using teflon coated (black) Nashbar cables. On Nov 17, 11:44 pm, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have used the rubber doughnuts on a different bike (Indy Fab Planet > X), and find that they all migrate to the rear cable housing stop in a > matter of hours, where they do no good. I guess I could use a hundred > of them, though... :) > > Gernot Huber > > On Nov 18, 1:10 pm, rcnute <rcn...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Just get the little rubber doughnuts that the cable goes through. > > > On Nov 17, 10:04 pm, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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=.
