t3ddy

Thanks, been waiting to share this! ;-) The bike originally came with derailleur cable open inside the frame (to reduce cable noise I guess). I removed the cable stops on the entry and exit points, and fitted a new gear cable with conventional outer. Just thought it will be easier for future maintenance, now that the foam tube is in there. Also, with the cable stretched tight inside the frame between the stops, this would have got in the way of getting the foam tube right down to the BB... I'll be honest, it wasn't the easiest job, but well worth it in the end with zero cable rattle.

I've had great success with A/C pipe insulation. I chose a length with 9mm diameter inner size, & roughly the same length as the down tube. This takes three cables/hoses very neatly and has 100% solved the cable noise in my carbon frame. The procedure I followed was: 1) push all cables/hoses into the frame through their cable entry ports. 2) pull all three out the bottom of the head tube (after removing fork!) 3) slide the foam tube over the end of all three cables, and then push it down into the downtube, all the way to the BB. 4) poke all cables back into the frame through the head tube, and then fish them out their respective entry ports. 5) I had to disconnect rear break, shifter and dropper in order to insert the foam tube, which was quite a job. But now that the tube is securely inside the frame, I will not have to do that again. If I need to replace a hose/cable in the future, I can just use the existing one to draw the new one through.

My new Steed, Canyon Spectral CF EX

Early impressions are good, they seem very solidly built. Hard to give you much useful feedback though, they are very different to my previous 29'er wheels - wider, smaller, stiffer, quieter & lighter!

Hers's my one ;-)