You didn't set up your bike with enough cable to go lock to lock????

Any housing can be stretched too far, which is why some folks are looking
for replacement curtain hold-downs.  Good old Schwinn/Dia Compe grey housing
should work just fine.  I'd avoid the lighter shifter cable housing, though.

Karl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Adams" <keith_adams@transcanada.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: Vangon curtains/canvas?

> >
> > being tightened never but takes any stretching as bike cables are
installed
> > with a lot of slack to follow along frames, handlebars etc. Because of
this
>
> Until you wipe-out and turn your front wheel around, tightening the cables
> around the head tube...  The cables get lots of stretching then.  Bike
cable
> will hold up fine to the about of tension it will take with the curtains.
There
> are essentially two types of cable housing.  Shimano heavy stuff is made
of a
> coated wire-rope type housing, and there are cheaper varieties that are
like a
> coiled type inner.  That Shimano stuff is superduper tough. Also, the
derailleur
> housing, and MTB brake housing are two different gauges.
>
> Keith Adams
> Calgary, Alberta, Canada
> 1986 Vanagon GL Westfalia