I’m personally a fan of zip ties securing the rear dyno light cable to the downtube on my Riv. And for much the same reason as Dorothy: ease of at-home maintenance is greatly increased and the dyno cable will be stationary rather than move with each shift (however small).
On Saturday, July 29, 2023 at 12:05:17 PM UTC-7 Dorothy C wrote: > I installed my dyno myself, so I don’t know how it is usually routed to > the back, I just thought it might get fiddly to change shifter cables, and > also that the back and forth motion might rub the rear light housing. My > IQX lights have the cables and housing integral to the front light body, I > think, so they aren’t easy to swap out if they get damaged. > > On Friday, July 28, 2023 at 3:01:01 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > >> I love my shop for many reasons but I give them 5 demerits for their dyno >> expertise. They assembled my Platypus in January 2022 and it was never >> strung up attractively, and then the rear light started shorting out, and >> then I paid for them to fix it a few times and then I gave up. I called >> Analog. >> >> Analog said send them the lights. They had to do extensive rewiring AND I >> had to get a new coaxial box because that was all corroded. I have no idea >> how I managed that after only one year, but we all have our talents. >> >> The lights came back to me today and I feel like the way I strung the >> wires looks pretty great, but we will have to see if function is as good as >> form. I have never, ever messed with dyno before, but I took photos of the >> bike from before and tried not to make it worse. >> >> Photos coming in the next post… >> Leah >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/12d7838f-a90d-4f02-a3a1-51e7f392b0c1n%40googlegroups.com.
