Should I be worried about Cable rub on my Carbon frame?

Dr S Posts: 146

January 2010 edited January 2010 in MTB general

Is it only a cosmetic issue? How hard is the surface? will it even rub?

Discuss!

Nick

Kona Kula Supreme, the hardtail
Scott Spark 20 the softtail
Cannondale CAAD9 the roadie

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  .blitz Posts: 6,197

  January 2010

  Be afraid. A cable rubbed through a 6mm aluminium spacer on one of my bikes

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  supersonic Posts: 82,708

  January 2010

  Just use a frame patch. Problem solved.

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  The Big Cheese Posts: 8,651

  January 2010

  supersonic wrote:

  Just use a frame patch. Problem solved.

  
  Pace carbon armour patches are good, or just use the clear ones

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  Anonymous Posts: 79,667

  January 2010

  Or if you want to quickly patch it you can put 3 - 4 layers of electrical black tape on it, thats what i do, because its cheap.

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  RichMTB Posts: 599

  January 2010

  Yes the pace ones are good but I prefer the Lizard skin ones. Like the matt finish, just personal preference though

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  R1D3R Posts: 143

  January 2010

  just let it rub it all off, it'll be even lighter!

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  26 to Life Posts: 194

  January 2010

  The Big Cheese wrote:

  supersonic wrote:

  Just use a frame patch. Problem solved.

  
  Pace carbon effect armour patches are good, or just use the clear ones

  Fixed that for you

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  Tank-slapper Posts: 968

  January 2010

  Cable rub can be bad for all frame materials, not just carbon.

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  Unarce Posts: 16

  January 2010

  except ti

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  Northwind Posts: 14,675

  January 2010

  It's a shame they can't make bikes out of cable outer. But then, you'd probably come out one day and find it'd fallen over in the garage and rubbed its way through the floor.

  Uncompromising extremist

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