Hi Gernot, I did not have a basket on that bike and there was no visible wear on the plastic coating of my housing. However, I'm sure wear like yours certainly doesn't help. Perhaps you could try putting a little bit of heat shrink tubing (can be found in the electrical dept. of hardware stores) on your replacement cable housing to protect them at that wear point. I also think you're on the right track with that washer on your shifters. Way to kick that problem in the pants!
By the way, I've admired your photo sets in the past. Beautiful! I'm jealous of your local. How do you feel about visitors, haha? Best, Travis On Mar 22, 3:14 am, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Travis, > > thanks for the info. Do you have a basket on that bike? Upon closer > inspection, I believe that contact between the housing and my rattan > basket caused the plastic to wear through which caused the rupture. > See a photo of the other spot where the housing contacted the basket: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/gernothuber/5548985681/ > > I will replace the right side housing shortly, since it shows the same > wear. I also swapped and turned the washers that came with the Silver > shifters so that the little hook now prevents excess lever travel: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/gernothuber/5548985783/ > > Cheers, > > Gernot > > On Mar 22, 1:44 am, Travis <travisbreitenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Oh oh oh! I had exactly the same thing happen in the exactly the same > > way with some brand new Jagwire derailleur housing, I mean exactly. I > > believe it just has to do with the way derailleur housing is built. > > The strands of wires inside are all running parallel to the cable, and > > if you put enough tension on the cable at a bend it will pull through > > those strands in order to straighten itself. > > > To prevent repeat episodes, I set my front derailleur shifter up so > > that it is physically restricted by the shifter pod at the exact point > > at which the front derailleur is hitting the limit screw for the big > > ring. So, when I'm in the big ring my bar-end shifter is pointing > > upward, and when I'm in the small ring my shifter is parallel to the > > ground. I don't think it looks quite as nice this way, but I got over > > it quick and never have to worry about busting the housing. -- 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-bunch@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.
