I'm building up a new frame and have been wondering about this myself. I was comforted by the many replies which basically said that it wasn't a problem, that leaving the cables bare against the bottom bracket shell was fine. Then my friend sent me this: http://gallery.me.com/natan#100058/IMG_3357&bgcolor=black
So I guess leaving the cable bare works for some people and not for others. Just thought that I'd throw in another data point. On Oct 25, 6:11 am, "Frederick, Steve" <frede...@mail.lib.msu.edu> wrote: > My local shop just gave me a couple of feet of that plastic tubing--lifetime > supply! > > I don't always use it--cables are pretty smooth and I've run them bare > through the cast in guides and it's been fine. Even if it wears through the > paint eventually, the continuous contact/motion of the cable prevents rust. > > Steve > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com]on Behalf Of Seth Vidal > Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 2:38 PM > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [RBW] Derailleur Cabling > > On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 2:31 PM, kevin lindsey <lindsey.ke...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Are the derailleur cables on my Bleriot meant to run bare under the > > bottom bracket, or should there be something between the wire and the > > paint? The guides don't seem to be wide enough to accept cable > > housing, but it's hard for me to believe that the paint down there is > > going to hold up very long against the sawing motion of the derailleur > > cables. > > Any comments would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Kevin > > not sure where to buy the little pieces of plastic but you can take > some shifter cable housing > > strip the housing and the metal off of it and the inside will have > these little pieces of tubular plastic. > > put a 3-4" segment of those around your cable under the bottom bracket > and it shouldn't abrade the paint. > > At least - it hasn't for me so far. > > if anyone happens to know if you can BUY that stuff somewhere w/o > having to strip it off excess shifter housing, I'd be all ears. > > -sv > > -- > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- 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-bu...@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.
