Wiring past front suspension for dynamo

[Davidc]

Does anyone have any tips or suggestions as to the best way to place wiring past the suspension on suspension forks?

I have an idea but better if someone's done it successfully already.

I've had hub dynamos before, but never suspension forks!

 

[hubgearfreak]

if it was mine, i'd get something like this, perhaps with a shorter coiled bit

 

[Davidc]

Thanks. That's more or less what I was thinking of, but wondered if anyone had actually tried it...

 

[RedBike]

Why can't you just run the wire like you would a disc brake hose?

So long as it's long enough to accomidate the suspension at full travel.

 

[skwerl]

Why can't you just run the wire like you would a disc brake hose?

So long as it's long enough to accomidate the suspension at full travel.

exactly. the forks only ever compress

 

[Steve Austin]

be careful the cable don't rub the stanchions. It'll strip the coatings in minutes

 

[MartinC]

if it was mine, i'd get something like this, perhaps with a shorter coiled bit

You can make normal dynamo wire look like this by winding it round a pencil.

 

[Davidc]

Thanks for the suggestions.

My main concern is as Steve Austin says, damaging the coatings on the business bits.

I usually use a type of cable sold for loudspeakers, and it goes permanently coiled wound round a big screwdriver and connected for about 1/2 second across a car battery.

I think I'll run the wire up to the front light (in the centre at the crown of the bottom part) then on up in the centre with a coiled bit, well away from the moving parts of the fork.