Originally Posted by
Six jours
Running the wire through the fork blade and fork crown is the neatest solution but is a plumber's nightmare. Life is too short, IMO, so I braze old fashioned top tube brake cable guides onto the inner side of the fork blade and run the dynamo wires inside those. Then I drill a hole into the lug under the down tube and run the wire from under the fork crown into the hole. I like to use an integrated tail light built into the rear of the seat tube so I run the wire through the down tube, above the bottom bracket spindle, and into the seat tube, but can't think why running it under the spindle and out a hole in the BB shell wouldn't work.
I've never heard any noise from an internally run electrical wire.
Rationally I know you're right about life being too short to obsess over things like this. That said, winter is here in full swing, so this is a fun distraction. Perhaps I'll give up once I try the actually fishing with the wire.
Thanks for the suggestion about coming up the seat tube. I suppose I could come all the way up and perhaps even out the seat post above the collar and mount a light there -- is that what you do? Otherwise, I suppose you must exit the seat tube below the lowest extent of the seat post, but then I'm not clear how you mount the light there. I suspect I'm being dense...
In any event, thanks for the suggestions and comments!