Lights on a Platy

[Richard Borneman]

I going to put a dynohub wheel on my Platy and wire it up for lights. I'm thinking about drilling a small hole in the lug cutout under the downtube, running the wire inside and up the seat tube, drill another small hole in rear of seat post for wire to exit.

 Anybody done that before? I don't think it will weaken anything enough to matter.

Don't really want to look at a wire running down, up and around on the outside.

I read the recent article in BQ and like the hidden wire look.

Richard

[brendonoid]

There is already a hole in the BB where the chain guide attaches for drainage. I would work out a way to use that and, like you said, drill the hole in the seat post at the top. Leave the frame unmolested for future owners/corrosion reasons.

[brendonoid]

*cable guide not chain guide.

Always proof read folks!

[brendonoid]

Okay so my coffee hasn't worked this morning, I'm blaming the covid. I need to stress a point that I made in my head and not in my first response. The downtube where it connects to the headtube is the most stressed, critical part of a bike frame, do not drill a hole there. IF YOU REALLY HAVE TO, drill a hole in the head tube and go in that way. Damaging a frame and it's aesthetics with a drilled hole seems far worse to me than running a cable where there are already cables (my opinion). I just wrap my dyno wires around existing brake/gear cables.