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WheresWaldo
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by WheresWaldo on Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:44 pm
tomyboy123 wrote:Timmy269 wrote:Hoe dit you do that, looks great
Just use some primer, white paint and duck tape for the plugs and that is it..
The problem was, getting the damn thing off, now that I am doing complete custom paint job on the frame and the cables have to bo black agian.
Regular white paint might work for a time but the vinyl and fabric paint I linked to is a better solution as this paint dries much more flexible and will resist cracking and peeling. Also one the cables are really clean, spraying some adhesion promoter (
like this one) will help the paint stick very well.
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by tomyboy123 on Sat Nov 29, 2014 5:17 pm
WheresWaldo wrote:Regular white paint might work for a time but the vinyl and fabric paint I linked to is a better solution as this paint dries much more flexible and will resist cracking and peeling.
Totally agree.
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by Timmy269 on Thu Dec 18, 2014 10:10 am
Is it dangerous to drill a hole in the handlebar next to te brake lever en a hole next to the stem on the handlebar? So that I can hide the cables that run from the 2 brake levers to the junctionbox under the stem.
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by Timmy269 on Thu Dec 18, 2014 2:34 pm
I can do that with the whire that goes from the junction box under the stem to the junction box in the frame.
I want to make the cable from my levers to the junction box invisible.
The less wires there are in the cockpit, the better.
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by Timmy269 on Fri Dec 19, 2014 2:21 pm
djwalker wrote:Why not use white shrink tubing? You can always (carefully) cut it off later to change colors.
I think I need a heat shrink of 5mm to 2mm. Anyone a link of a good white heat shrink that longer is than 10cm?
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by djwalker on Fri Dec 19, 2014 3:42 pm
You cna get it through amazon.com, heatshrinktubingdirect.com, frys.com, electroinsulation.com and a bunch of others. I just searched on Google for "white heat shrink tubing"
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WheresWaldo
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by WheresWaldo on Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:35 pm
djwalker wrote:You cna get it through amazon.com, heatshrinktubingdirect.com, frys.com, electroinsulation.com and a bunch of others. I just searched on Google for "white heat shrink tubing"
But for longer lengths you need one that is 1.5 meters as the longest Di2 cable is 1400mm Or you could just cover what it exposed, I suppose.
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WheresWaldo
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by WheresWaldo on Wed Dec 24, 2014 7:27 am
CharlesM wrote:White heat shrink tubing...
Charles, heatshrink with only a 2:1 shrink ratio will likely not be ideal, the op should look for a 3:1 or 4:1 heatshrink so that it will slide over the etube connectors and shrink tightly over both the connector and the wiring.
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