Travis, thanks for the info. Do you have a basket on that bike? Upon closer inspection, I believe that contact between the housing and my rattan basket caused the plastic to wear through which caused the rupture. See a photo of the other spot where the housing contacted the basket:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gernothuber/5548985681/ I will replace the right side housing shortly, since it shows the same wear. I also swapped and turned the washers that came with the Silver shifters so that the little hook now prevents excess lever travel: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gernothuber/5548985783/ Cheers, Gernot On Mar 22, 1:44 am, Travis <travisbreitenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh oh oh! I had exactly the same thing happen in the exactly the same > way with some brand new Jagwire derailleur housing, I mean exactly. I > believe it just has to do with the way derailleur housing is built. > The strands of wires inside are all running parallel to the cable, and > if you put enough tension on the cable at a bend it will pull through > those strands in order to straighten itself. > > To prevent repeat episodes, I set my front derailleur shifter up so > that it is physically restricted by the shifter pod at the exact point > at which the front derailleur is hitting the limit screw for the big > ring. So, when I'm in the big ring my bar-end shifter is pointing > upward, and when I'm in the small ring my shifter is parallel to the > ground. I don't think it looks quite as nice this way, but I got over > it quick and never have to worry about busting the housing. -- 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-bunch@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.
