that is a neat job, it does help when the fork is black, though as the color contrast doesn't stick out as much. I think that internal wiring/ braze ons for wiring is a great idea but unless you are having a bike custom made I don't think it would make financial sense to have a bike "retro-fitted" with internal wiring or custom braze-ons unless you either didn't care about what the paint looked like when you were done or were due for a new paint job anyway. if you are smart and use the zipties carefully it can look somewhat clean. Here is my beastie which I think was done pretty well, picked up some ideas from the Lovely Bicycle blog. I have seen color matched zip ties out there for a lot of common colored bikes though.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67889635@N06/8615934129/in/photostream/ On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 9:34 PM, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA <[email protected]>wrote: > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-skaLwkf3oBg/UYcIto4VpRI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/hBPMW1gWK9o/s1600/3M+film+for+dynamo+wire.JPG> > > I bought a roll of 3M Scotchgard paint protection film from eBay to use on > the chainstay instead of buying ready-made ones from the bike shop. Since I > had a lot of leftovers, I decided to replace the zipties with a full-length > run of this film. > > My installation required some forethought. I relieved the dynamo wire of > all kinks and coils. Then I held the wire in place at the two ends (or any > strategic middle point) by masking tape. To apply the film, I stick the > entire run of film but only on one side of the wire. Once I have one half > of the film applied and verified the wire's position, I applied the film > from one lateral side to the other. The result (hard to see film actually, > and I do apologize for a picture of a carbon fork on the Riv list): > > > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
