Protecting frame

paulbnix
paulbnix Posts: 631
edited April 2014 in Workshop
I am building a new bike and the frame has external rear brake cable routing so I want to stop the inner slapping on the frame.
On previous bought hybrid bikes there have either been small rubber doughnuts or a thin plastic tube providing this protection.
Any idea where I could get either of these?

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  • chrisgal
    chrisgal Posts: 130
    Any large online retailer or your LBS.
  • simonj
    simonj Posts: 346
    These?!?!

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-cable- ... ack-of-10/
  • DiscoBoy
    DiscoBoy Posts: 905
    Heli tape the top tube.

    Do the rest of the frame while you're at it ;)
    Red bikes are the fastest.
  • simonj
    simonj Posts: 346
    That's what I've done with a bike before even when it had donuts, also easier to do than adding donuts after cabling is done.
  • g00se
    g00se Posts: 2,221
    The brake cables will have to be quite slack to get rattles I've found. Never needed the doughnuts.
  • paulbnix
    paulbnix Posts: 631
    I have ordered some heli tape - perhaps I need some more.
    Is heli tape any protection against stone chips on the downtube and the underside of the bottom bracket?
  • DiscoBoy
    DiscoBoy Posts: 905
    paulbnix wrote:
    I have ordered some heli tape - perhaps I need some more.
    Is heli tape any protection against stone chips on the downtube and the underside of the bottom bracket?

    Yep, forks, seatstays, seat-post tube and chainstays too. Go nuts (literally, it's a pain in the arse).
    Red bikes are the fastest.

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