I agree not to over think it but there's a natural tendency to worry when you run into this on a relatively expensive frame for the first time.
This happened to me recently with a pristine 8 yr old Atlantis frame I bought off Craigslist. This was my first decent / pricey frame. Advice from the group ranged from tapping the BB and screwing in cable guides to various tubing solutions. I asked Rivendell and the man himself ( I / Grant) said don't worry about it the cable on bare metal was really inconsequential. Being a neophyte it didn't make me feel good so they sent me some tubing. It turns out it was plastic housing from a brake link wire (see url below) http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=34706 I slid that on and haven't had any issue. My feeling now is that derailer tubing or plastic sheath out of a brake cable would work just fine. So, that range is. Do nothing and let it rub. Use any type of sheathing that will cover it (I doesn't move much). Tap the BB and screw in a plastic cable guide. Most of all enjoy your bike. Off to the garage to finish giving the Riv treatment to the '84 Specialized Expedition just picked up. Cheers, Mitch. On Oct 23, 12:49 pm, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > I agree. If you think about it, when's the last time you saw one of those > plastic cable guides cut in two by the action of the cables? Your bottom > bracket is made of much harder stuff--you could probably run bare cables for > decades and not see any appreciable wear. > > —Eric N > > On Oct 23, 2010, at 12:32 PM, Dave Craig <dcr...@prescott.edu> wrote: > > > > > My opinion is that it really isn't a big deal to run the cables bare > > under the BB. I recently stripped down my Atlantis for sale. I had > > been running bare cables for several years. As I inspected the frame > > before shipping, I noted that the paint was barely worn under the BB, > > let alone any metal. The BB shell is a thick, sturdy, piece of metal. > > It is unlikely to suffer any significant damage from the smooth, thin, > > stainless gear cables. My new Hilsen is also unprotected and I'm fine > > with that. > > > Enjoying unprotected shifting, > > > Dave > > > On Oct 23, 11:31 am, 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 > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- 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.
