Variety of Colors for Brake & Gear Cables?
02-25-07, 08:33 AM
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Variety of Colors for Brake & Gear Cables?
Are there good online sources, that offer ... and display online ... a wide selection of colors that brake & gear cable housing come in?
02-25-07, 09:17 AM
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Not a big selection, but more than you'll find at the LBS:
https://www.loosescrews.com/index.cgi...d=895700113048
https://www.loosescrews.com/index.cgi...d=895700113048
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Originally Posted by Motorad
Are there good online sources, that offer ... and display online ... a wide selection of colors that brake & gear cable housing come in?
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RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
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02-25-07, 10:02 AM
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Heat shrink tubing is what you want. It comes in all colors and is easily applied. Just slide it over your cable casing and heat it. It comes in various sizes from small enough to use on spokes to large enough to use on your frame. The shrink-wrap you would use on your frame has glue strips and is flat. You just pull off the paper strips and roll the shrink-wrap around the frame pressing the glue strips together and then heating to shrink it tight. It's great for protecting the right chain stay and would match the colors used on the cable casing and spokes. You can print labeling information on it as well. If I were a bicycle parts supplier I would make this stuff available to bike shops for retail sales.
https://cableorganizer.com/heat-shrink/heat-shrink2.htm
https://cableorganizer.com/heat-shrink/heat-shrink2.htm
