gear cable grommet frame protectors!

strak
strak Posts: 439
edited January 2008 in MTB buying advice
where on earth do you get those little rubber rings you position around the gear cables to stop the cable chafing the frame!?
and what are they properly called?
thx

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    any bike shop. cable donuts.

    http://www.ison-distribution.com/ison/e ... ?group=160
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  • stumpyjon
    stumpyjon Posts: 4,069
    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... delID=6273

    Try these. :D
    It's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission.

    I've bought a new bike....ouch - result
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  • CupraR
    CupraR Posts: 17
    The one's fitted to the cables on the top tube of my Cape Wrath do naff all, they always slide down to the bottom. I'd like a top tip for keeping them in place as the top tubes getting marked.

    Would of prefered cables run elsewhere.
  • chilledsandwich
    chilledsandwich Posts: 128
    What about getting some Avid Flak Jackets or similar so that the cables are completely sealed thus stopping them from coming in contact with frame
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    chilledsandwich wrote:
    What about getting some Avid Flak Jackets or similar so that the cables are completely sealed thus stopping them from coming in contact with frame
    but then the outers will be in contact with the frame?
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • chilledsandwich
    chilledsandwich Posts: 128
    nicklouse wrote:
    chilledsandwich wrote:
    What about getting some Avid Flak Jackets or similar so that the cables are completely sealed thus stopping them from coming in contact with frame
    but then the outers will be in contact with the frame?

    Haha, yup, good point :oops:
  • stumpyjon
    stumpyjon Posts: 4,069
    The one's fitted to the cables on the top tube of my Cape Wrath do naff all, they always slide down to the bottom

    They always did that on my hardtail, ended up taking them off (found whenever I stopped I'd be sliding them back up the cable, became a bit obsesive in the end :( )
    It's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission.

    I've bought a new bike....ouch - result
    Can I buy a new bike?...No - no result
  • stevebendall
    stevebendall Posts: 136
    CupraR wrote:
    The one's fitted to the cables on the top tube of my Cape Wrath do naff all, they always slide down to the bottom. I'd like a top tip for keeping them in place as the top tubes getting marked.

    You wanted a top tip?

    On mine I always had the same problem, so I lined up the donuts on each cable (I used 3 per cable, towards each end and one in the middle) then used a dab of superglue each side of the donut and left to dry. They haven't come lose yet, but if they do some type of silicon sealant might be more hardwearing

    Should be enough to hold them in position, without interfering with how the cable runs into the outers
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    Of course removing the cables might be a bit of a pain, but i suppose you could always cut out the run with them on! You also would have to be careful not to glue them to your frame!
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  • CupraR
    CupraR Posts: 17
    I'll check out the Flak Jackets to see what there like thanks.

    lol, it does get a little obsessive moving them all the time.

    I did try glueing them once unsucessfully but I put that down to using hotmelt glue.

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