Glad I could help. Just passing on what I've learned here. My Riv still has its tail light wire along the brake cable run; it's a minor annoyance. My plan is to change it to under-the-BB and into the rear fender, but not until my current (lipless) VO fenders break. At that point, I'll install some Honjos (I grabbed a set from the Clymb website when they had them on clearance) and run the wire in the fender lip. I may try "helicopter" tape at that point, or just use more of the Shoe Goo I already have.
The VO fenders are doing fine, though. So it will probably be another couple years. Hope the Shoe Goo won't be dried out by then! One other tip, if you run the wire under the BB. You have to leave room for the FD cable. I left a loop so the wire passes over. But then at a later date I replaced the FD cable and forgot about the dynamo wire (you don't see it from above). On my next ride, my front shifting was sluggish and my headlight was acting up. I added the two together and realized I'd run the FD cable right over that cable loop, and now the FD cable was rubbing (sluggish shifting) off the insulation and shorting the dynamo juice back to the frame. So, don't do that. Internal dynamo wiring routing is definitely something I'd want on a custom frame. On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 7:18 AM, Bob Lovejoy <boblove...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tim, > > No, that is great info... It seemed I woke up with the question and typed > before doing a thorough search. But your notes help a lot. I too tried > the routing along existing cabling but did not really like the result. I > will experiment with Shoe Goo as well as the tape... > > Big thanks for the notes and tips on this! > > Bob > > > On Friday, April 21, 2017 at 7:04:13 AM UTC-5, Tim Gavin wrote: >> >> Bob- >> >> There have been multiple discussions about wiring routing tips and tricks >> on this forum. Perhaps search the forum from the google group interface? >> >> For instance, I learned from this forum that Shoe Goo is an excellent >> mostly-permanent adhesive for attaching wiring to the frame. I say >> mostly-permanent, because the wire sticks very well, but the rubbery nature >> of the Shoe Goo allows you to peel it off and easily pill up the residue >> for no permanent marking on the frame. >> >> >> On my first dynamo install (Rivendell Road Standard 650b converted), I >> tried to just zip the wire to the brake cable along the top tube. But it >> sags at times and is still pretty visible. For my next install, I followed >> the most common practice and went down the bottom of the down tube, under >> the BB, and back up. >> To come back up to the tail light, the traditional way seems to use the >> rolled lip of the metal fender. >> My bike is using SKS plastic fenders (with no lip), so ran the wire along >> the NDS chainstay and up a rack leg. >> The wiring is out of sight and out of mind, and seems to stick on very >> well (no major tours yet). >> >> If I were using helicopter tape for a tail light wire install, I'd follow >> the same under-the-BB routing. You could use the tape to go up the inside >> of any fender, regardless of lip. I would use the water slide technique >> described by Marc40a earlier, and I would clean the areas very, very well >> first. >> >> >> Another tip to consider: to create some safe slack between the fork and >> frame connection, wrap the wire around a pencil to create a small coil >> (think landline phone cord). Some folks put a removable connection in this >> area in case they ever need to pull the fork >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
