Gyre
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Small maintenance niggle I have on the Orbea Wild, and I'm wondering if others have the same issue and how they resolved it. The rear brake hose for the Wild exits on the inside of the left chainstay. That exit makes the hose naturally want to chafe against the wheel spokes, so the exit port has a couple of cut outs to fit a ziptie to cinch it down.
In my case, even with the ziptie cinched pretty tight with needle-nose pliers, the hose will creep out of the port occasionally during a ride and start rubbing against the spokes. Maybe this is because my brakes use 5.0mm hoses. I'll probably experiment with a bit of Gorilla tape around the hose to give the ziptie something grippier to hold on to, but before I start fiddling around with things that maybe won't work, has anyone else run into the issue and successfully resolved it?
In my case, even with the ziptie cinched pretty tight with needle-nose pliers, the hose will creep out of the port occasionally during a ride and start rubbing against the spokes. Maybe this is because my brakes use 5.0mm hoses. I'll probably experiment with a bit of Gorilla tape around the hose to give the ziptie something grippier to hold on to, but before I start fiddling around with things that maybe won't work, has anyone else run into the issue and successfully resolved it?