Cable guide apparatus having a metal tunnel member with an anti-friction cover member removably mounted therein

Guide apparatus for a cable under stress, comprising a metallic tunnel member including substantially perpendicularly bent foot means for affixing the tunnel member to the frame of a bicycle, and an anti-friction cover member engaged within said tunnel member, said anti-friction cover member having an opening for receiving the cable, said tunnel member and cover member having rectilinear portions and longitudinally curved portions extending from said rectilinear portions, said cover member being slidably engageable within the affixed tunnel member to be held vertically within the tunnel member under the stress of the cable, said tunnel member and cover member including complementary means which are removably and slidably interengaged when the cover member is slidably engaged in the tunnel member to secure the cover member longitudinally in the tunnel member removably without the use of fastener means between the cover member and tunnel member, said cable extending within said cover member which in turn extends within the tunnel member such that the cable is confined within the tunnel member, said cover member having a lower longitudinal edge, said opening for the cable being constituted by a groove provided in said lower longitudinal edge extending along the entire length of the cover member, said complementary means including at least one projection means on the cover member engageable with the tunnel member, said tunnel member having a slot for receiving said projection means, said slot extending along a portion of the tunnel member and being formed by a cut-out therein, said cut-out and projection means extending along substantially rectilinear portions respectively in said tunnel member and said cover member, said cover member being constituted by a synthetic resin material which has high resistance to abrasion, and being sufficiently elastic to be elastically deformed when introduced and engaged in said tunnel member.