Workaround for putting a gradient into a stroke

Does anyone know how to do this?
We are not allowed to colour unfilled strokes with gradients, but is there a workaround without having to outline the stroke first?
Maybe an Opacity mask with the stroke on the mask and a colour gradient underneath or something like that? Or is there another way?
I have hitherto done this sort of thing by copying strokes to Photoshop, locking transparency and dumping a gradient into the layer - but then of course I can't edit the strokes anymore because they ain't strokes.

Some time ago I have prepared a file showing different methods.
It's located here:
http://vektorgarten.de/img/tut/Verlauf-folgt-Kontur.ai
I'm sorry, it's in German. You have to refer to the appearance palette, also transparency and the brushes. And of course - layers.
Concerning the offset-path-effect, open and closed paths are treated differently.
It's an Illu CS3 file. Please drop me a line, if you need a lower version

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