I bought a pair of these when I bought a Profile basebar at the weekend. I thought my existing brake cables would fit, but the nipple on the end is too big. The nipple on the end of a gear cable will fit, but gear cable looks a *lot* thinner than brake cable and I don't particularly want my brakes failing...
Does anyone on around here know if there is a specialist brake cable for this kind of brake lever...?
Cheers,
-- bob [at] bobarnott [dot] com http://www.bobarnott.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Crash programs fail because they are based on theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby in a month." -- Wernher von Braun
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I bought a pair of these when I bought a Profile basebar at the weekend. I thought my existing brake cables would fit, but the nipple on the end is too big. The nipple on the end of a gear cable will fit, but gear cable looks a *lot* thinner than brake cable and I don't particularly want my brakes failing...
Does anyone on around here know if there is a specialist brake cable for this kind of brake lever...?
In article <[email hidden]>, Bob [email hidden] says...
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I bought a pair of these when I bought a Profile basebar at the weekend. I thought my existing brake cables would fit, but the nipple on the end is too big. The nipple on the end of a gear cable will fit, but gear cable looks a *lot* thinner than brake cable and I don't particularly want my brakes failing...
Does anyone on around here know if there is a specialist brake cable for this kind of brake lever...?
Don't they use a regular barrel nipple?
If you mean one that come on say a set of XTR brake cables as opposed to one on a set of DuraAce brake cables, we'll find out when I get home. Went to the LBS at lunch and the XTR's (or other generic MTB cable) looked the closest to the hole in the lever.
Cheers,
-- bob [at] bobarnott [dot] com http://www.bobarnott.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Crash programs fail because they are based on theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby in a month." -- Wernher von Braun
I bought a pair of these when I bought a Profile basebar at the weekend. I thought my existing brake cables would fit, but the nipple on the end is too big. The nipple on the end of a gear cable will fit, but gear cable looks a *lot* thinner than brake cable and I don't particularly want my brakes failing...
Does anyone on around here know if there is a specialist brake cable for this kind of brake lever...?
Cheers,
Sorry, not familiar with QuickStops.
Campagnolo nipples are significantly smaller than Shimano ones, so might fit. Failing that, file the nipples - I've more than once used Shimano cables (because that was what I could get at the time) with Campag levers, by (carefully) applying the nipples to a bench grinder. Obviously, don't let them overheat.
In article <[email hidden]>, Bob [email hidden] says...
Quoted message said:
I bought a pair of these when I bought a Profile basebar at the weekend. I thought my existing brake cables would fit, but the nipple on the end is too big. The nipple on the end of a gear cable will fit, but gear cable looks a *lot* thinner than brake cable and I don't particularly want my brakes failing...
Does anyone on around here know if there is a specialist brake cable for this kind of brake lever...?
Don't they use a regular barrel nipple?
Turns out they do! MTB style brake cables fit perfectly.
Cheers,
-- bob [at] bobarnott [dot] com http://www.bobarnott.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Crash programs fail because they are based on theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby in a month." -- Wernher von Braun
