Re: [RBW] Protecting the top tube from brake cable

2009-11-18 Thread CycloFiend
on 11/18/09 6:36 AM, Seth Vidal at skvi...@gmail.com wrote: > How does everyone protect their head tube paint from being abused by > their shifter cable housing? I've found some amount of cable rub > happening and I'm not sure how to protect the head tube better. > > Should I just stick a small p

RE: [RBW] Protecting the top tube from brake cable

2009-11-18 Thread Frederick, Steve
s.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Protecting the top tube from brake cable A length of cable housing liner and two "donuts" at either end works perfectly. Do a search for "cable housing liner," and you'll find things like this: http://tinyurl.com/yd9oefw That one is black...I

Re: [RBW] Protecting the top tube from brake cable

2009-11-18 Thread Seth Vidal
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:33 AM, David Hallerman wrote: > A length of cable housing liner and two "donuts" at either end works > perfectly. > > Do a search for "cable housing liner," and you'll find things like this: > > http://tinyurl.com/yd9oefw > > That one is black...I've also seen it in white

Re: [RBW] Protecting the top tube from brake cable

2009-11-18 Thread David Hallerman
A length of cable housing liner and two "donuts" at either end works perfectly. Do a search for "cable housing liner," and you'll find things like this: http://tinyurl.com/yd9oefw That one is black...I've also seen it in white... Dave, who uses liner for top tube brake cable routing and for un

Re: [RBW] Protecting the top tube from brake cable

2009-11-17 Thread Seth Vidal
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:59 AM, CycloFiend wrote: > on 11/17/09 10:04 PM, Earl Grey at earlg...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I went for the larger Hillborne size that fit me, and find that when I >> come to a stop that my thigh rests squarely on the top tube and rear >> brake cable, and am worried about

Re: [RBW] Protecting the top tube from brake cable

2009-11-17 Thread CycloFiend
on 11/17/09 10:04 PM, Earl Grey at earlg...@gmail.com wrote: > I went for the larger Hillborne size that fit me, and find that when I > come to a stop that my thigh rests squarely on the top tube and rear > brake cable, and am worried about eventual paint damage. I saw a photo > of a bike recently

[RBW] Protecting the top tube from brake cable

2009-11-17 Thread Earl Grey
Hi, I went for the larger Hillborne size that fit me, and find that when I come to a stop that my thigh rests squarely on the top tube and rear brake cable, and am worried about eventual paint damage. I saw a photo of a bike recently that had a plastic sleeve around the exposed brake cable, and it