Originally Posted by
Rabid Koala
That's a really nice Raleigh Competition!
I use a small piece of heat shrink tubing in place of cable ends. It slides off easily to remove the cable, and it keeps the cable end from fraying. One bag of heat shrink tubing lasts forever.
I do exactly the same thing. I use the color that compliments my cables. I use 1.5 mm inside diameter. I also use it to cover the exposed cable runs on my Medici. It makes it easy to keep cables clean and keeps them from scratching paint if they get rubbed against the tube.