Stoping cables fraying

[Fiona N]

- you can also get coloured ones to match the bike! (If you are really obsessive).

Hey - watch who you're calling obsessive To some of us it's just attention to detail

 

[tincaman]

Blob of hot melt glue

 

[02GF74]

An alternative is to use 2.5mm shrink wrap electrical cable cover (Maplins etc.). It's not as good as cable crimp caps but it doesn't mess up the cable end so that you can remove it without fraying or cutting the end. Still leaves the risk of spearing yourself or somebody else with the cable end though

That is what I use now, light too. Have used pop-rivet body as well as a shrt length of plastic tube taken from a cotton ear bud.

Never have been speared by the loose ends ..... yet.

 

[gwhite]

An alternative is to use 2.5mm shrink wrap electrical cable cover (Maplins etc.). It's not as good as cable crimp caps but it doesn't mess up the cable end so that you can remove it without fraying or cutting the end. Still leaves the risk of spearing yourself or somebody else with the cable end though

+1
This is the answer as this method does not flatten the end of the cable causing the strands to splay once the shrink wrap has been removed. That's the problem with using crimps and can result in problems when inserting the cable into the outer.

 

[Chris S]

Another is to use wire terminal block (the sort to connect wires via two small screws) .. removed the plastic block covering and feed the single connector over the cable and loop the end back into the connector and tighten the two screws.

Thanks - I've got loads of 'chocolate bar' connectors from my car-DIY days.

 

[ColinJ]

Never have been speared by the loose ends

I have - it hurts!

(Also - when you think of the nasty crap that could be lurking on cable ends on a well-used bike... Do you really want to inject the bugs from a cow pat or rat urine an inch into your calf?)

 

[dellzeqq]

bucket full of 1:2:4 concrete cast on the end....

 

[PpPete]

yeah - but you have to protect from rain & frost while it sets.

 

[Proto]

Oi, Chris, get your own Avatar

http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=153940

 

[Chris S]

Sorry - it didn't seem to be used on this forum.

If you want to bring you forum avatars in to synch and use it on this site then I'll change mine as you've been here the longest.

 

[ColinJ]

Sorry - it didn't seem to be used on this forum.

If you want to bring you forum avatars in to synch and use it on this site then I'll change mine as you've been here the longest.

Here you go...