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Taping for cable rub

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  • 29-03-2014 4:28pm
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    xxyyzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭


    Do road bikes need to be taped to prevent cable rub? The hydraulic cables on my mtb can make sh*t of the frame, just wondering if the same applies to Road bikes.


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    Daroxtar
    Registered Users Posts: 4,330 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    Cable tie stops all rubbing.....
    14e5u7s.jpg


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    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    I buy small thick plastic stickers and place them under where the cable might rub the frame.


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    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Stuff like this.
    http://www.ebay.ie/itm/2x-Clear-Chainstay-Cable-Frame-Protection-Stickers-for-Bike-Cycling-Bicycles-/221160613947


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    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,039 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Daroxtar wrote: »
    Cable tie stops all rubbing.....
    14e5u7s.jpg

    That's a terrible solution TBH. You'll get cable and cable tie rub that way.

    I have small rubber sleeves over my cable sleeves in any position they may
    Touch as well as the stickers Raam linked above. They came on the bike.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Brian? wrote: »
    That's a terrible solution TBH. You'll get cable and cable tie rub that way.

    I have small rubber sleeves over my cable sleeves in any position they may
    Touch as well as the stickers Raam linked above. They came on the bike.

    I find the cable sleeves cause the rub instead, maybe not as much, but still some. Perhaps I had rubbish ones.


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    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,039 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Raam wrote: »
    I find the cable sleeves cause the rub instead, maybe not as much, but still some. Perhaps I had rubbish ones.

    You could well be right, maybe the stickers are the actual solution and I just happen to have both.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,047 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Tidy cable routing helps.


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    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    Electrical tape. SHould be able to get a colour to match the frame. And its cheap for cheapo's like me.
    You can remove it when washing your bike every few days and replace with a brand new strip.


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    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    bcmf wrote: »
    Electrical tape. SHould be able to get a colour to match the frame. And its cheap for cheapo's like me.
    You can remove it when washing your bike every few days and replace with a brand new strip.

    False economy. I have yet to replace one of the stickers I put on the bike.


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    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    Your not washing enough then.
    BTW is the batter ready yet! A shockiing waste of Dutch Gold :D


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    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    bcmf wrote: »
    Your not washing enough then.
    BTW is the batter ready yet! A shockiing waste of Dutch Gold :D

    The batter was ready when the pic was taken. The fish was delicious. The rest of the Dutch Gold was not.


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    #13
    Diggabot
    Registered Users Posts: 283 ✭✭Diggabot


    3M helicopter tape is the business. It sticks great, doesn't get discoloured and is practically invisible when applied.


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    Daroxtar
    Registered Users Posts: 4,330 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    Brian? wrote: »
    That's a terrible solution TBH. You'll get cable and cable tie rub that way.
    Nope, sorry, not a bit of it.
    Cable tie is tight so it's not moving and the cables themselves only touch the headset if I turn the handlebars near 90 degrees. Prior to tieing them up the cables were moving around and rubbing the top of the forks and sliding around leaving marks. That's completely stopped now.


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    #15
    Scrappy600
    Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭Scrappy600


    You need a new bike with internal cables. Can't believe I'm the first to suggest it.


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