Here's a nice, clean wiring job by somervillebikes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7516215@N03/9401478506/
He used shrink tubing (pre-shrunk before attaching) and glued pieces to the fork as guides for the wire. His photostream shows how he guided the wire under the fender using aluminum tube guides. He's done collaborative projects with JP Weigle-- attention to detail, no doubt. On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 1:34:31 PM UTC-4, Eric Norris wrote: > > I've used the spiral wire wrap that's sold at Radio Shack and similar > places to hold wires onto the brake cable housing. This works best when you > use full cable housing, but it could also work on a bike with cable stops. > Not the most elegant solution, but it gets the job done. Spiral wire wrap > is available in colors so you can coordinate with the frame or cable > housing: > > [image: image.jpeg] > > --Eric N > www.CampyOnly.com > CampyOnlyGuy.blogspot.com > Twitter: @CampyOnlyGuy > > On Oct 16, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Chris <citrow...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > The racers tape I bought online was a disappointment. It would not stick > to the frame. I'm not sure if I bought the wrong stuff, a bad batch, or I > need to clean and prep the frame tubes better prior to application. If > anyone has any advice, I'd love to hear it. Dynamo wires bug me! > > Chris > > On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 9:34:15 AM UTC-7, ttoshi wrote: >> >> I also used racer's tape to attach my wire from my headlight to the >> taillight. I like the idea of using it to protect the head tube from >> cable rub and chainstay nicks too. >> >> Toshi in Oakland >> >> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Steve <yng...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> > 36 ft of helicopter tape...that's a lot of tape. >> > >> > Useful for protecting other parts of the bike as well...chain stay >> > protector, head tube protector, use it on the top tube to protect >> against >> > the exposed brake cable. >> > >> > Probably can sell some here as well... >> > >> > >> > On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 11:53:15 AM UTC-4, Kelly wrote: >> >> >> >> So my the wiring runs I've done on my bikes have all been via zip >> ties. >> >> Then on here someone mentioned helicopter tape which sounded like a >> great >> >> way to do it. Especially if I could run a wire along the underside of >> a >> >> fender. >> >> I then went to purchase the tape and found it incredibly expensive and >> >> decided looking a wires wasn't so bad after all, on ebay found some 3m >> stuff >> >> at 7.50 for 9 inches. >> >> Then today messing around I found a place with racers tape in many >> >> different sizes and was able to get 36 feet for 36 bucks or so. >> >> >> >> Anyway may not be the cheapest may not even work.. i just ordered and >> will >> >> see what happens. In the mean time figured I would share the site I >> >> purchased from >> >> >> >> http://www.racerstape.com/rtp.html >> >> >> >> Later >> >> >> >> Kelly >> > -- > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
