Frame protection
Want to protect my bike from cable rubbing what would you recommend?
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Planet X RT58
Cannondale CAAD 10 2012.
Pain.. Is weakness leaving the body.
HATING LIFE-CYCLES FROM 2011
Planet X RT58
Cannondale CAAD 10 2012.
Pain.. Is weakness leaving the body.
HATING LIFE-CYCLES FROM 2011
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http://www.decathlon.co.uk/frame-and-ho ... 43647.html
Cheap and very effective - I had the little stickers in the same place before but they looked scruffy pretty quickly. The only downside of these is you have to disconnect the cables to get them on - and then obviously readjust everything afterwards. Doesn't take long for brakes but if you do the gear ones too it takes a few minutes.
Or perhaps the clear pastic stickers that all the shops/online merchants sell. Or insulting tape.
One of the five options may suffice.
Planet X RT58
Cannondale CAAD 10 2012.
Pain.. Is weakness leaving the body.
HATING LIFE-CYCLES FROM 2011
I had it on a car bonnet and it was brilliant. It does exactly what it says on the tin!
2013 Cannondale Caadx 1x10
2004 Giant TCR
You're just swapping hard plastic for soft plastic. The cable is still rubbing over the frame and once it gets a bit dirty it will start rubbing the frame just like the cables themselves. The only thing that will guarantee to stop frame damage is something covering the frame. And the best thing for that is something like helicopter tape. Seems to last pretty much indefinitely and on darker colours is pretty much invisible. Not so invisible on white but it's no more noticeable than the cable cover things.
Planet X RT58
Cannondale CAAD 10 2012.
Pain.. Is weakness leaving the body.
HATING LIFE-CYCLES FROM 2011
I don't think so. They are a soft silicone like material but with the shape and the tackiness they seem to stay in the roughly the same place on the frame - and the cable curve does the bending when you turn the bars. That seems more sensible than the cable sliding on the paintwork.
I had those stick on covers before and they didn't look good after a while - the front of my bike is white and as you say they're certainly not invisible. They have a kind of yellow/brown tinge to them now.
Planet X RT58
Cannondale CAAD 10 2012.
Pain.. Is weakness leaving the body.
HATING LIFE-CYCLES FROM 2011
+1 Get it cheap on ebay. You can also put lengths on the drive side chain stay to protect from chain slap; down the cranks to stop shoes rubbing logos off; around forks and seat stays where temporary mudguards are fitted (crud roadracers etc).
Planet X RT58
Cannondale CAAD 10 2012.
Pain.. Is weakness leaving the body.
HATING LIFE-CYCLES FROM 2011
Yes, it comes off really easily. I've only ever had it leave reside once when it had been under pressure from a clamped on mudguard mount, but that rubbed off really easily with a bit of Fenwicks bike wash.
If they roll then that would be better but you will get dust and dirt settling on them and that will get rollered between the cover and the frame. I can't see how they can do anything but reduce the problem rather than eliminate it. (Interesting how decatholon deliberately include an embossed dirt trap in the design!)
As it happens, an alternative to the helicopter tape is fablon which you can get in huger rolls at B&Q for less than a fiver. It isn't as tough as the helicopter tape but it does work and it is harder to see on white frames than the thicker stuff. And it's only a few moments work to replace the tape if it does discolour or mark.
I need the clear sticky stuff anyway - eg for the chainstays.
Planet X RT58
Cannondale CAAD 10 2012.
Pain.. Is weakness leaving the body.
HATING LIFE-CYCLES FROM 2011
Looks like it maybe discontinued there which is a bit annoying - I could only find 'product no longer available' links at B&Q. You could try Wickes etc but what I got is probably much the same as this - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FABLON-STICKY ... 256507e2d6
That's the first one that came up for me so it may not be the best value option.
Planet X RT58
Cannondale CAAD 10 2012.
Pain.. Is weakness leaving the body.
HATING LIFE-CYCLES FROM 2011
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Helicopter-Bi ... 1932wt_902
Used it for protecting chain stay and prevent cable rub. Only problem is that the bike has a matt carbon frame and the tape is glossy. TBH, not an issue for me.
COUNTER WARNING: It will come off with the judicious use of a hairdryer. Or a chisel. But I would would only really recommend the former option, unless you are a communter then I really don't care as you are a censored .
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Helicopter tape needs to be cut to shape, heated (hairdryer or stick it on the radiator) and then smoothed over the frame to eliminate bubbles. Removal is a piece of pi$$ and doesn’t lift paint (unless you stick it over a damaged section). It tends to look a bit yellow over white frames and it will get dirty so a new bit every month might be required.