Originally Posted by
12strings
In search of marginal gains in bicycle appearance (I already have color-matching presto stem caps...)
I have external cable routing, in which the rear brake cable runs along the bottom of the top tube. The little rubber rings (i think they are called donuts???) Always slide back toward the seat tube, and so (1) don't do their job of keeping the cable away from the paint, and (2) look silly.
What can I do?
You could...
Position them correctly...that is far enough away from where the cable goes into the housing...and then apply just a very small (tiny) amount of rubber cement to hold it in place. That shouldn't interfere with the operation, and would be easy enough to remove if/when you need to remove the cable.
Dan