Help! Tips for tidying up excess cables

[mt247]

So now cables are just zip tied I would like to protect/hide them a bit better. Any good ideas what to do?

 

[jmlflorencio]

Inside the battery cover (looks textile), maybe?

 

[mt247]

Inside the battery cover (looks textile), maybe?

It's just hood over the battery for extra protection against water. Wires wouldn't stay there when removing the battery.

 

[jmlflorencio]

You're right.

How about one of these in the vertical tube of the frame?

 

[sneggysteve]

You're right.

How about one of these in the vertical tube of the frame?
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Do you have a link to this please?

 

[Benjahmin]

Spiral wrap is the easy to use solution, it comes in black so good for you. CPC Farnell do it, though their web site is a bit of a pig to sort through. Generally do a search for spiral wrap.

 

[jmlflorencio]

Do you have a link to this please?

A regular ebay search will do the trick:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=ebike+controller+case&_sacat=0

 

[jimriley]

All my excess wire is up near the handlebars, I used a small zipped belt pouch for the bundle of wires

 

[MontyPAS]

A much neater solution when the cables are that long. Is to cut to length, rejoin (solder) and heatshrink joints!

 

[Nealh]

That extra cable length looks like the controller to motor connector cable or trunk cable to the dispaly, in a similar line to that which monty has said shorten it. One can buy shorter cables if one searches online, may be neater then shortening them.

 

[Nealh]

You're right.

How about one of these in the vertical tube of the frame?
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Tbh these don't offer much room and stuffing all that extra 10mm cable will be very difficult to fit i, the answer is shorter cables.

 

[mt247]

Do you have a link to this please?

Yeah here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000162997963.html

 

[GSV3MiaC]

Good grief, did that cable come from a tandem or something?!

 

[mt247]

That extra cable length looks like the controller to motor connector cable or trunk cable to the dispaly, in a similar line to that which monty has said shorten it. One can buy shorter cables if one searches online, may be neater then shortening them.

I don't have tools to do that. I think I'll try to wrap them with inner tube.

 

[Gringo]

water bottle cage bag - Google Search

 

[Benjahmin]

How about a triangle bag like this:

B-SOUL Bike Frame Bag Top Tube Triangle Bag Moistureproof Wearable Shockproof Bike Bag Polyester PVC(PolyVinyl Chloride) Terylene Bicycle Bag Cycle Bag Cycling / Bike 2024 - GBP £9

I like this. Do you think I should buy it?

www.lightinthebox.com

 

[D C]

self amalgamating tape would work better than inner tube and doesn't end up as a sticky mess