The 22AWG wire offered by Velo Lumino, currently out of stock, is the best solution I've found for threading dynamo wiring through tight spaces such as fork legs:
https://www.velolumino.com/product/premium-22awg-wire/10?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false On Monday, November 21, 2022 at 3:30:12 PM UTC-8 brizbarn wrote: > I did something similar on on my Surly Travels Check, but had to drill the > holes bigger. That fork had a small hole at top of fork leg tube, I > couldn't go up into steerer tube like yours. Definitely looks cleaner, but > drilling your fork is not ideal, and I doubt you can get the wiring through > the little hole, but it would be great if you proved me wrong. > > On Monday, November 21, 2022 at 3:22:51 PM UTC-8 brok...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I wired my Sinewave through the fork blade on my Crust Bombora, and it >> was probably one of the most frustrating tinkering projects I’ve ever >> attempted with any of my bikes. I almost gave up numerous times, and I >> actually had to do it all over again once I had successfully completed the >> routing. Most of the Crust frames have that cool little routing hole on the >> backside of the upper right fork blade… which just begs for you to use it >> as such. The problem is, in order to take advantage of it, you still have >> to use that little hole down near the dropout as an entry / exit point. No >> matter what, you’re essentially fishing wiring cable through a hole that is >> maybe only 1mm wider than the thickness of the cable housing itself, and at >> a very sharp, awkward angle. No doubt the situation you’re faced with now. >> >> I stripped the wiring to where only one of the two inside wires was >> exposed and made sure the cuts were as clean as possible. Once that was fed >> down to the dropout hole, I managed to snag that (now thinner profile) wire >> with some very, very thin tweezers and pulled the whole cable through. >> Before I found the right set of tweezers to use, I had tried various >> methods like using an old spoke, a guiding wire, etc. None of those worked >> for me. >> >> I don’t have any sure fire advice, unfortunately, but I feel your pain! >> >> On Monday, November 21, 2022 at 11:04:35 AM UTC-5 campyo...@me.com wrote: >> >>> Interesting. My Pashley (gone to a new home several years ago) had two >>> brazed-in mounting points on the fork to which a piece was fitted that >>> accepted a standard bottle generator. The setup is shown in the attached >>> image. >>> >>> It worked quite well, without the need to run wiring very far at >>> all—just a short distance from the generator to the light. >>> >>> --Eric Norris >>> campyo...@me.com[image: IMG_0554.jpeg] >>> Insta: @CampyOnlyGuy >>> YouTube: YouTube.com/CampyOnlyGuy >>> >>> On Nov 21, 2022, at 4:59 AM, lconley <lco...@brph.com> wrote: >>> >>> My Pashley Guv'nor came with an enlarged hole on the right side bottom >>> of the fork and a slit grommet in a hole on the top of the fork even though >>> it didn't come with a generator - I rectified that with a >>> Sturmey-Archer 90mm Drum Brake Dynohub. My former Trek Belleville had >>> internal wiring in the fork & frame and the front rack had a separate set >>> of tubes for the light wiring. I love internally routed electrical wires. >>> Go for it. >>> >>> Laing >>> >>> On Monday, November 21, 2022 at 2:57:42 AM UTC-5 Luke Hendrickson wrote: >>> >>>> I’ve been tempted to do the same thing. I’ve decided to instead >>>> purchase a Pass & Stow rack which allows for internal routing. >>>> >>>> On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 11:19:55 PM UTC-8 jmlmu...@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I’ve done it a few times and used a Dremmel to enlarge the hole near >>>>> the dropout. No matter how much I tried to run the wire without enlarging >>>>> the hole, I failed. I ended up soldering the “fishing” wire to the cable >>>>> and pulling it from bottom to top.Took me losing the cable several times >>>>> mid fork and having to re-fish to come up with that method. Learn from my >>>>> hours of mistakes! Literally hours. >>>>> >>>>> Joe in Los Angeles >>>>> >>>>> > On Nov 20, 2022, at 10:13 PM, Matthew Williams < >>>>> matthewwil...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > Hi everyone, >>>>> > >>>>> > Most bikes I see with the SON dynamo have the wire wound around the >>>>> right front fork blade. I want to run the wire inside the fork using the >>>>> small hole near the dropout. >>>>> > >>>>> > I’ve already fished a thin wire through the fork as a leader i.e. I >>>>> can attach the leader to the SON dynamo wire and pull it through the >>>>> fork, >>>>> unless the dynamo wire is too thick. Below are photos of the leader wire >>>>> I >>>>> fished through the fork. >>>>> > >>>>> > Is this possible, or is it a bad idea? Has anyone here managed to >>>>> achieve this setup? 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