We love visitors. Come on over and let's go for a ride. And thanks for the shrink tubing tip.
Gernot On Mar 23, 6:54 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gernot, > > I did not have a basket on that bike and there was no visible wear on > the plastic coating of my housing. However, I'm sure wear like yours > certainly doesn't help. Perhaps you could try putting a little bit of > heat shrink tubing (can be found in the electrical dept. of hardware > stores) on your replacement cable housing to protect them at that wear > point. I also think you're on the right track with that washer on your > shifters. Way to kick that problem in the pants! > > By the way, I've admired your photo sets in the past. Beautiful! I'm > jealous of your local. How do you feel about visitors, haha? > > Best, > Travis > > On Mar 22, 3:14 am, Earl Grey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
