What do you use for stopping internal cable rattle?

[cokeonspecialtwodollars]

So venting over, what do you folk use for stopping internal cables from rattling around?

Mostly I use denial.

 

[Squidfayce]

if you shout "yewwww" more, you wont hear the cables slapping around as much. Its free.

 

[moorey]

if you shout "yewwww" more, you wont hear the cables slapping around as much. Its free.

Also covers the sound of a yeti cracking.

 

[discofrank]

I'm not an expanda foam person, if you do it wrong, then you're screwed. Besides, it's titanium, why ruin the properties of the material.

thast why i said no idea if it will work or not

 

[coarselanguagw]

I used this stuff, size 5mm x 8mm https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000118843265.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.0.0.21ef1802vnYFJK

Was ~$10 delivered

 

[The Duckmeister]

To stop internal cable rattle I use external cables.

 

[moorey]

To stop internal cable rattle I use external cables.

Agreed. Sadly, most bike companies are chunts.

 

[moorey]

Not sure what you consider low cost but your local shop should have some for a few $

Jagwire Internal Housing Dampener Foam Roll - Suits 4mm & 5mm Housing/Hose | The Odd Spoke

Jagwire - Jagwire Internal Housing Dampener Foam Roll - Suits 4mm & 5mm Housing/Hose. Many frames use internal cable routing for a tidy appearance and improved

www.theoddspoke.com.au

I got some foam cable housing from AliExpress, $14 for 1.5m. Took the cables up through the headtube put the foam on, then pulled the cables through the ports. Nice and quiet so far.

I bought some of that stuff from The Odd Spoke. What a PITA to fit through routing ports much smaller than the foam. Took me about 4h to do brake, dropper and gear in front triangle, and brake/gear through rear. Quieted down some, not as much as I’d hoped. I’m on the verge of doing ghetto external.

 

[Alexxx]

I bought some of that stuff from The Odd Spoke. What a PITA to fit through routing ports much smaller than the foam. Took me about 4h to do brake, dropper and gear in front triangle, and brake/gear through rear. Quieted down some, not as much as I’d hoped. I’m on the verge of doing ghetto external.

It's easier to take off the forks to run the foam then pull the cables back and push them through the ports.
The rattle might be coming from the chainstays, I've had this before and figured it wasn't worth the effort to try and fix it.

 

[moorey]

It's easier to take off the forks to run the foam then pull the cables back and push them through the ports.
The rattle might be coming from the chainstays, I've had this before and figured it wasn't worth the effort to try and fix it.

Forks don’t factor in mine. Did the chainstays.

 

[bear the bear]

...... Took me about 4h to do brake, dropper and gear in front triangle, and brake/gear through rear......

Because you should have pulled the BB, run the cables to there and then threaded the foam liner on?

 

[moorey]

Because you should have pulled the BB, run the cables to there and then threaded the foam liner on?

Why would I remove fork OR BB?

 

[bear the bear]

Why would I remove fork OR BB?

To save yourself that extra 2.5hrs wallowing in frustration.....

 

[moorey]

To save yourself that extra 2.5hrs wallowing in frustration.....

BB has no bearing (pardon the pun) on my routing. Nor does headtube.

 

[creaky]

BB has no bearing (pardon the pun) on my routing. Nor does headtube.

Maybe it should

 

[moorey]

Maybe it should

OK, so I feed it in 50mm back from HT along the TT, turn it 180 deg, somehow get it fed down the down tube, loop under BB, back up through DT, along the TT, then back out the other end of the TT. Repeat for the brake line. I might need a 2.5m line.
Definitely sounds easier than me foolishly feeding it 40cm directly through TT. I'm an idiot.

 

[creaky]

OK, so I feed it in 50mm back from HT along the TT, turn it 180 deg, somehow get it fed down the down tube, loop under BB, back up through DT, along the TT, then back out the other end of the TT. Repeat for the brake line. I might need a 2.5m line.
Definitely sounds easier than me foolishly feeding it 40cm directly through TT. I'm an idiot.

I just skipped to the end.

 

[moorey]

I just skipped to the end.

It summed it up pretty well.
Can’t imagine what a pita this would be with a convoluted routing path. Maybe it’s just the size of my routing ports, the path is a piece of piss.

 

[bear the bear]

BB has no bearing (pardon the pun) on my routing. Nor does headtube.

Was this for your ENR? (I struggle to keep up with all your bikes )? I thought you were talking about a normal bike....

 

[moorey]

Was this for your ENR? (I struggle to keep up with all your bikes )? I thought you were talking about a normal bike....

Yes. ENR. Everything else is external, as it should be, including the upcoming bike.....other than Felix's Revel, which has tubing all the way through to prevent the death rattles.