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Old 08-04-2020, 04:35 PM
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Show us your clean Di2 or EPS installations

My own Di2 bike doesn't leave me warm and fuzzy with the installation. Some are really clean, with few visible wires. Some have heat shrink wrap to keep things tidy.

Mine is not so tidy though it's not as bad as some I've seen. What's the secret? Show your clean setups and tips for a nicer installation if you don't mind.

This is mine and the Bluetooth piece is clearly visible, along with the wire connecting the left and right sides. I'd like to clean it all up. I have the bar end junction and a hole to bring the wire up the outside of the bar. Excess is wrapped under the tape. That can't be the best solution.

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Old 08-04-2020, 04:58 PM
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My own Di2 bike doesn't leave me warm and fuzzy with the installation. Some are really clean, with few visible wires. Some have heat shrink wrap to keep things tidy.

Mine is not so tidy though it's not as bad as some I've seen. What's the secret? Show your clean setups and tips for a nicer installation if you don't mind.

This is mine and the Bluetooth piece is clearly visible, along with the wire connecting the left and right sides. I'd like to clean it all up. I have the bar end junction and a hole to bring the wire up the outside of the bar. Excess is wrapped under the tape. That can't be the best solution.

Route the wire connecting the shifters inside the handlebar, and put the Bluetooth module in there while you are at it. Only 1 wire coming from the handlebar to the junction in the downtube.
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Old 08-04-2020, 05:16 PM
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Probably my cleanest, or rather the install I paid attention to it being so. Due to how minimalist the build is otherwise.

And this is with an early ew-79a junction too. Didn't even bother to order the bar end junction after it worked out so cleanly.

The frame builders provision for the route thru the stem and steerer made it more easily very stealthy.
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Old 08-04-2020, 07:22 PM
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My Crumpton...although I didn’t do it Nick did. The wire from the bar to the battery inside the frame is heat shrunk to the rear brake line. The wire from shifter to shifter is in the bar as is the wireless unit. Bar end A junction.


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Old 08-04-2020, 08:01 PM
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Bar-end Di2 mounting Video - cheaper too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cON3w1IL_7k

Also this special built to hide it all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p0UOoIt7AA
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Old 08-05-2020, 03:25 AM
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My bluetooth module is in the drops (left side).

You only have to connect one side of the unit, so you could just run a 150mm EW-SD50 from the left shifter to the EW-WU111 and hide it in the handlebars.
I have wrapped mine in bubblewrap or a piece of cloth to prevent it from making noise.
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Old 08-05-2020, 03:43 AM
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satellite switches + TRP Hylex RS hydro levers. I used self fusing tape to hold the di2 wire to the hydro line. Someday will replace with woven nylon fishing line and a common whipping knots.
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Old 08-05-2020, 04:08 AM
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whipping knot

might be a bit tedious but a whipping knot is a nice alternative to shrink wrap

http://useknots.com/wp-content/uploa...onwhipping.jpg
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