Give me until this evening and I'll post pics. I've been needing to do that for my website anyway.
As far as tricks of the trade...I'd say that clear packing tape will clean up the wiring runs on your Softride's downtube (which model?...if it isn't a Powerwing or Rocket...there are other, better options). If you run it neatly, with patience, it will be cleaner than a 2 or 3 zip tie job that still lets the wires flap and hang. I use black electrical tape to run the wires under the top tube on my Kestrel Talon. You have to look hard to see that there is anything there. And there are no wires hanging or flapping on my downtube either. I ran them the same way on my Specialized E5 road bike frame as well.
As far as tricks of the trade...I'd say that clear packing tape will clean up the wiring runs on your Softride's downtube (which model?...if it isn't a Powerwing or Rocket...there are other, better options). If you run it neatly, with patience, it will be cleaner than a 2 or 3 zip tie job that still lets the wires flap and hang. I use black electrical tape to run the wires under the top tube on my Kestrel Talon. You have to look hard to see that there is anything there. And there are no wires hanging or flapping on my downtube either. I ran them the same way on my Specialized E5 road bike frame as well.