Tyre catching on gear cable

rubez
rubez Posts: 323
edited May 2014 in MTB workshop & tech
My tyre is catching on the gear cable going to the rear derailleur.

What can I do?

What are the plastic bits that are fixed to the underside of the frame called, that route both front and rear gear cables towards their derailleurs? Can I get a wider one?

Thanks.
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  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    Get rid of the gears, they are for wimps and gays
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    And get rid of the tyre. Doubly heroic.

    But really not up to your normal standard.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    Gears are for queers
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  • philcubed
    philcubed Posts: 260
    It's because your tyre is wobbly from being folded.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Get your wheel fixed.
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  • BigAl
    BigAl Posts: 3,122
    nicklouse wrote:
    Get your head fixed.

    FTFY
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  • rubez
    rubez Posts: 323
    Anyone?
  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    Care to actually explain your problem in English clearly? Or even better post a picture. But we all know you won't.
  • drlodge
    drlodge Posts: 4,826
    philcubed wrote:
    It's because your tyre is wobbly from being folded.

    Excellent! :lol::lol::lol:
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  • JBA
    JBA Posts: 2,852
    A picture speaks a thousand words, rubez.
    Post a photo of the problem area and you may get informed responses.

    Go on, I dare you...
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    And it all promised so so much”

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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Come on guys - someone asks for help and all you can do is mock.
    Not nice.

    Rubez, those watchamacallits that are fixed to the big metal bit that holds the round jobbies in place to hold the wiry whotsits are called thingummyjigs.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • pesky_jones
    pesky_jones Posts: 2,890
    How about a thread on servicing your servicing tools? I'm quite proud of that one :D
  • rubez
    rubez Posts: 323
    TEE-HEE!! Bunch of school girls.

    I think I have the tyres seated, only to index the gears after I fix this cable problem.

    If I need to seek help elsewhere, I won't be posting a photo of the finished article.

    And I know that will disappoint you.

    This can't be a unique or unsolvable problem. Stock tyres must have been more pathetic than the jokes in this thread.

    Over to you.
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Gaffer tape.

    Manly stuff.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • pesky_jones
    pesky_jones Posts: 2,890
    rubez wrote:
    I won't be posting a photo of the finished article.

    QUELLE SURPRISE
  • Cqc
    Cqc Posts: 951
    Just shorten the wire a bit, it's not hard.
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Would that be the wire on the toaster or kettle?
    I don't do smileys.

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  • BigAl
    BigAl Posts: 3,122
    rubez wrote:
    Blah, blah, blah.

    Blah, blah, blah de blah blah blah.

    I need to seek help elsewhere. Blah, blah blah.

    Blah, blah, blah.

    Etc.

    Sorted the wheat from the chaff.
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  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    Sounds like your cable is routed wrong or you're tyre is too wide. As mentioned above a photo would show if the routing is correct or if the tyre is too wide for the frame.
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  • stuisnew
    stuisnew Posts: 366
    Is this a recent problem or is it a new bike?
    Is the wheel straight or buckled slightly?
    Tyre seated properly?
    Can you cut down the 'wire'?

    You shouldn't need to mess around with the cable routing on the bb shell.
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Stu, suggest you read Rubez's other threads......
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • rubez
    rubez Posts: 323
    Sorted it.

    Got a replacement bracket which has two mounting holes side by side, instead of one in the centre - so the cable now clears the wheel

    Tyre was a little too wide for the frame, but this sorts it.

    $_12.JPG
  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    How does a bit of plastic make a tyre not to small for a frame? You are special.
  • rubez
    rubez Posts: 323
    The tyre isn't chaffing, unlike your underwear, but it is far wider than the stock tyre, which caused the wire to snag.

    If you don't know how the bracket works, then I can't explain it further :shock:
  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    None of that makes the tyre too big for the frame.

    PS - I know exactly how that guide works as I have one fitted.
  • rubez
    rubez Posts: 323
    I said a little too big - in the context of snagging the cable, and comparative to the weedy stock tyres.

    Although you knew that and were just being awkward... time for bigger underpants, they are riding you and making you cranky!
  • pesky_jones
    pesky_jones Posts: 2,890
    The Rookie wrote:
    Stu, suggest you read Rubez's other threads......
    I think the clue's in his username.
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    rubez wrote:
    Sorted it.

    Got a replacement bracket which has two mounting holes side by side, instead of one in the centre - so the cable now clears the wheel

    Tyre was a little too wide for the frame, but this sorts it.

    $_12.JPG
    Rubez posts a picture - a momentous day in the history of mankind, overshadowing evn the Apollo programme and the splitting of the atom.

    But if the tyre was rubbing on the underside of the BB you have bigger problems.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • rubez
    rubez Posts: 323
    BB? bottom bracket?

    The knobby tyre was only catching on the gear cable, which is now resolved.
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    This actually seems one of Rubez's more sensible threads, we have no pictures of course but it sounds like the cable routed inside the chain stay at the BB end and the new guide has moved it out to more under the stay giving more clearance.
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.

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