brake cables

souter

I'm sure most of you already know about this, but after my cable broke I was forced to renew. Following the guidelines of the inimitable Sheldon Brown (http://sheldonbrown.com/cables.html) took about 30 minutes, materials 20 quid.
But what a difference.
I used to hate replacing my brakes because it took an eternity of tweaking to get anything vaguely useful, but with the new cable it just worked right first time. I used to think the cantilever bearings were sticky, now I know the reason, it's the cable stupid.

Danbo!

great link, id say ill be changing cables in a while and havent ever had too much trouble doing it, but its always handy to have a decent reference like that, thanks

kona

souter wrote: »

I'm sure most of you already know about this, but after my cable broke I was forced to renew. Following the guidelines of the inimitable Sheldon Brown (http://sheldonbrown.com/cables.html) took about 30 minutes, materials 20 quid.
But what a difference.
I used to hate replacing my brakes because it took an eternity of tweaking to get anything vaguely useful, but with the new cable it just worked right first time. I used to think the cantilever bearings were sticky, now I know the reason, it's the cable stupid.

e20 for a brake cable??what the hell is it made of???lol

souter

cable = e8, handlebar tape was 12. Bit pricy alright, and I only used half of it.

Johnny Jukebox

These are really good;

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=24811

Take time and care to fit and you'll have years of trouble free shifting.