I'm interested in the thread. I also want to hear some ideas! Me: I mostly wind excess wire around something, like a rack, light mount, or fork blade. I'm always concerned about cutting a wire too short and regretting it later. As J mentioned, I sometimes stuff excess wire in the internal fork route, if that exists on the frame. But I'm also really starting to hate internal wire routing (it's very difficult to change/swap and I feel it leads to accelerated wear on the wiring).
One thing that I'd like to see from dynamo light manufacturers is having connectors instead of permanently attached wires on lights. The B&M Secula taillight is like this (although ideally something a bit more robust those flimsy spade connectors). That way I wouldn't worry about cutting wires too short, as I could just get a new wire and start over again. I know I can add a connector anywhere in the wire, but I don't think it looks as clean and I don't think it's as robust. Why not use the same type of connection as the hub connectors? A headlight with a SON coaxial or S&P connector would be great to see! Another thing: frames with dedicated external wire mounting points would be nice, but maybe there isn't enough demand? Internal mounting doesn't really take anything away from the bike is not used, but unused external might be detracting. One final musing, I have always wondered if it'd be possibly to somehow use brake or shifter cables to provide power to the taillight? I know stainless steel is like an order of magnitude less conductive than copper, but brake cables are much thicker than 22 awg wire, right? I guess I'd have to get a multimeter out and measure some resistivities! But if the resistance isn't too high, how cool would it be to have a light mounted on your Paul Motolites, or something, getting power from the brake cable and sending it back thru the frame? Ben On Friday, March 7, 2025 at 9:01:44 PM UTC-8 J wrote: > I keep excess headlight wire stuffed inside the right fork blade in case I > ever need to relocate the light and need it. > > On Friday, March 7, 2025 at 9:40:16 PM UTC-5 Matthew Williams wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> How have you dealt with excess headlight and taillight wire? >> >> My excess headlight wire was hidden behind my handlebar bag, and my >> excess taillight wire is wound around the rack. >> >> I want a cleaner look. I want to trim the wire so it’s just the length it >> should be, and attach it to the rack and bars with zip-ties. >> >> What’s the best practice for cutting excess headlight and taillight wire? >> How much extra “just in case” extra length should I leave? How have other >> people handled excess wire? As always, your experience, advice, and wisdom >> are welcomed and appreciated. >> >> -- 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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9ca14c5f-fd38-4a17-bc04-17f904bad7cfn%40googlegroups.com.
