[RBW] Re: How do you glue wire (from a light) to a rack?

2016-06-17 Thread Brian Campbell
I use the "shoe goop" method as explained by Anton of Velo Lumino (a.k.a somerville bikes). I forgo the tubes and just glue the wire to the bike. I hold the wire flat with blue painters tape and then glue the wire (not the tape!) let the glue cure and remove the tape. It keeps wires flat agains

[RBW] Re: How do you glue wire (from a light) to a rack?

2016-06-16 Thread John Stowe
I agree that somervillebikes' work is the gold standard when it comes to wiring. Lots of "textbook" photos on his Flickr photostream: https://flic.kr/ps/7De6c If you don't feel like messing with glue: I went with 8 mil surface guard tape ("helicopter tape" or "racers tape"). It's thick enough t

[RBW] Re: How do you glue wire (from a light) to a rack?

2016-06-12 Thread René Sterental
Thanks Bill. On Sunday, June 12, 2016, Bill Lindsay wrote: > Anton at VeloLumino is the best source of guidance and info. The thing to > do is glue short sections of aluminum tubing which comes in very accurate > IDs so it can really fit perfectly. The glue is silicone, like modest > household

[RBW] Re: How do you glue wire (from a light) to a rack?

2016-06-12 Thread Bill Lindsay
Anton at VeloLumino is the best source of guidance and info. The thing to do is glue short sections of aluminum tubing which comes in very accurate IDs so it can really fit perfectly. The glue is silicone, like modest household Hogar. It's clear, waterproof yes easy to remove when you need to

[RBW] Re: How do you glue wire (from a light) to a rack?

2016-06-11 Thread René Sterental
Cool ideas! On Saturday, June 11, 2016, Tim Butterfield wrote: > I'm not sure if this would work, but I came up with a couple of ideas. > The first was to glue a plastic straw to the rack and run the wire through > it. They come in various sizes even down to the small coffee stirrer > size. An