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Hi chaps,
Does anyone know where I can get some rubber protection for the underside of the swingarm on an Orange Five?
The chain slaps about like crazy on really fast rocky descents, and would be nice to dampen it.
Cheers
Ricks
inner tube and cable ties???
^ that's what I was going to say
+2. I prefer road tubes, gives a nice ribbed finish, for my pleasure. Finished off with black electrical tape, bam.
3m Mastic tape?
Mastic tape is the best I've found. Looks neater than a tube (and weighs less, gram hunters). Clutch mech if you don't already have one manages the chain better too.
Though nothing really silences an Orange, the frame spars are like amplifiers- I filled the swingarm of my 224 with expanding foam and wrapped the chainstay with velcro and pretty much an entire downhill tube and fitted a clutch mech and after all that it was merely quite noisy.
I've always used this stuff:
Neater and easier to keep in place than a tube.
3M 2228 is what you are after, 3M branded velcro is another option.
Inner tubes and cable ties. Work far better than any branded gizmos.
I use the furry side of some velcro, along with under the bottom bracket and wherever cables rub.
Much neater and does the job perfectly while only covering the surface required.
Self amalgamating tape from an electrical shop will do the business, very easy to get a nice neat finish and no cable ties
Clear silicon self amalgamating tape
3M 2228 tape is what you want.