I wanted to share with you all my short 'experience' with Nokon cabling. Today I was cleaning my 'weekend love affair' and noticed that the Nokon cabling had started corroding! http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaywoo/ It looks to me like it is some sort of chrome plating that is coming off. The cabling is no more that 6 months old. This steed only makes it out of the stable on weekends. I haven't ridden any coastal routes. I love to clean her most weekends using diluted citrus cleaner. No other parts of the bike are showing signs of any sort of corrosion.
I wanted to share with you all my short 'experience' with Nokon cabling. Today I was cleaning my 'weekend love affair' and noticed that the Nokon cabling had started corroding! http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaywoo/ It looks to me like it is some sort of chrome plating that is coming off. The cabling is no more that 6 months old. This steed only makes it out of the stable on weekends. I haven't ridden any coastal routes. I love to clean her most weekends using diluted citrus cleaner. No other parts of the bike are showing signs of any sort of corrosion.
Well, they're right.. it's not 'iron' oxide is it?! 🙁
Yeah that's the perplexing part. I read all the guff before purchasing, and thought it was going to be all good, but me not happy now:/ To me it defiantly looks like an outer shiny layer of some description is coming off and exposing a dull under side.
No matter what is going on, it's not a good look, down right tacky/sub standard (Gold Mart Bling Bling) if you ask me. So it's in the bin with it... Nokon cabling slightly used, needs a good home ; )
No matter what is going on, it's not a good look, down right tacky/sub standard (Gold Mart Bling Bling) if you ask me. So it's in the bin with it... Nokon cabling slightly used, needs a good home ; )
I could put 'em on the GT (xc->trials->ss->geared tourer) 🙂. Other than the corrosion - how did you find them?
It looks to me like it is some sort of chrome plating that is coming off. The cabling is no more that 6 months old. This steed only makes it out of the stable on weekends. I haven't ridden any coastal routes. I love to clean her most weekends using diluted citrus cleaner. No other parts of the bike are showing signs of any sort of corrosion.
Well, they're right.. it's not 'iron' oxide is it?! 🙁
Yeah that's the perplexing part. I read all the guff before purchasing, and thought it was going to be all good, but me not happy now:/ To me it defiantly looks like an outer shiny layer of some description is coming off and exposing a dull under side.
This cable system doesnt look to be anodised. You say it's some sort of plating. I wouldn't be surprised if the citrus cleaner is the culprit here, as citric acid can have a nasty effect on cheaper plating. Most alloy parts on bike are anodised, not plated, so citrus cleaner will not affect them. Any experts in chemistry?
You are welcome to them Hippy. Though I wont be changed over for a couple of weeks though me thinks.
I'll probably have fresh DeoreLX on the GT by then. Still.. it'd be cool to have something funky on the touring machine - even better that it's uglified! 🙂
I've got a pile of cool stickers to cover the GT with but I need to find some purple ano'd parts for ultimate in Bike Cheese 😄 Oh, I need a mojo as well! (see: http://www.sdmb.org/mojo.html)
