Thanks, Seth. I wondered whether there wasn't some kind of work-around here; thanks for providing it. I'd have thought that a more logical solution would have been to make the guides wide enough to accept an unstripped piece of cable housing. Maybe it's a Riv thing. Look forward to any additional insights. Kevin
On Oct 23, 11:37 am, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 2:31 PM, kevin lindsey <lindsey.ke...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Are the derailleur cables on my Bleriot meant to run bare under the > > bottom bracket, or should there be something between the wire and the > > paint? The guides don't seem to be wide enough to accept cable > > housing, but it's hard for me to believe that the paint down there is > > going to hold up very long against the sawing motion of the derailleur > > cables. > > Any comments would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Kevin > > not sure where to buy the little pieces of plastic but you can take > some shifter cable housing > > strip the housing and the metal off of it and the inside will have > these little pieces of tubular plastic. > > put a 3-4" segment of those around your cable under the bottom bracket > and it shouldn't abrade the paint. > > At least - it hasn't for me so far. > > if anyone happens to know if you can BUY that stuff somewhere w/o > having to strip it off excess shifter housing, I'd be all ears. > > -sv -- 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=en.
