How to: Custom Colored Cables and Hose
February 13th, 2008 by Tim GrahlHere is a how to guide on changing normal black cables or hose on your bike to pretty much any color you could want. Not only is black boring, but the hard coating on the outside of the cables can rub through paint and even aluminum. I have seen a Hayes brake cable eat right through the stanchion on a Fox 40. Braided stainless brake lines look nice, but are expensive running over $50 a line and don’t match your derailleur cable. By using the same heat shrink tubing electricians use you can protect your frame and match your cables to any color scheme for your bike.
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Heat shrink tubing is great stuff. You can also use it for removable cable end caps (which will match the new housing.)
Very cool…
Gonna try some strobe stripes.
Like a ’70s Dodge…
im wanting to know if there is anyway that i can customize my trek fuel i would like red spokes and any other little touches i could do just to set it off from the rest of the crowd.