Chafing cables

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Nigel Wood Team Boss President Posts: 1,263	Chafing cables Apr 27, 2006 14:44:25 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Nigel Wood on Apr 27, 2006 14:44:25 GMT Does anybody have any stylish suggestions for how to stop chafing brake and gear cables takng all the paint off your head tube? The common cure seems to be several layers of insulating tape but it looks a bit tatty. Nigel
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Chris Symes Espoir Posts: 42	Chafing cables Apr 27, 2006 15:01:45 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Chris Symes on Apr 27, 2006 15:01:45 GMT a week or two ago Cycling weekly featured a stick on pad kit for this very purpose. I think it was made Bontrager. But there must be others.

Steve Sorba Moderator Posts: 1,572	Chafing cables Apr 27, 2006 17:15:33 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Steve Sorba on Apr 27, 2006 17:15:33 GMT You can get then in Edwardes in clear plastic as long as you can put up with the swearing and they feel like finding them in the bottom of some long forgotten drawer.
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Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Chafing cables Apr 28, 2006 12:10:33 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2006 12:10:33 GMT if you can't deal with the swearing and can hold on a couple days parker have something that will help; www.parker-international.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/2829/groupID/1/categoryID/16/v/a895a65c-4808-4163-8034-da9efac89fc4

Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Chafing cables May 6, 2006 9:11:01 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on May 6, 2006 9:11:01 GMT I've found that if you have mobile phone packaging lying around, the clear plastic stuff they stick over screens works fab, it sticks to the bike by static and is held on by the cable rubbing.