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I have an aluminum frame, all cables internally routed, the rattle bugs me, i like a stealthy bike. Please give me hope. Ta
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you'll fix that them something else will chatter. used to tear my hair out but im more zen about it now. try singing as you ride?
Zero noise from both our bikes running internal hoses.
I've had to do something to stop it though - if left to their own devices, they would rattle.
sold it 🙂
Expanding foam 😀
I've had to do something to stop it though
Care to elaborate?
Pull the cable taught, small ziptie double looped round the cable right at the entrance point, holds the cable taught in the frame. No more noise.
My propel gear cables would rattle incessantly on rough roads. Keeping the inner lining taught cured it for a while, but it kept coming back. When I switched to 6700, the under the bars routing seemed to help keep tension and the noise abated slightly. In the end I forgot about it.
Next step in the cure is Di2.
That surgu looks good, but on their website it says remove with a sharp knife...don't fancy taking a knife to the internal routing holes?
Wrapped the cables in self adhesive velcro cut into 5mm strips, taped the ends to stop it coming undone.
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I've done 2 solutions in the past, if new build buy some catapult elastic. It's rubber tubing with an ID just bigger than hose od. Slip over hose and then install through frame.
Other option if you don't want to pull hoses out is to stuff pipe lagging down the tubes via the headtube or BB, depending upon access.
We use a ~20mm OD foam tube in production for any internal brake hoses in the DT.
What's the point of internal cabling on an MTB?
^^^ must agree on that point, having rerouted stealth Giant dropper the other week 😈
I used my metre of CUNIFER brake pipe to push three of those little clear soft plastic doughnuts down the internal run of the cable leaving them at 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 the distance along. Sorted.
From another forum regarding Di2 wires, principle should work if the holes are big enough to get the zip ties in though:
[i]Put 3 or 4 long zip ties around the wire as it runs through the frame. They will suspend the wire away from the inside wall of the tube.[/i]