End of cables

soup said:

Shop fitted cables have those neat little (crimped?) ends how do
you (TINY) treat the ends of cables.

With one of the pack of 50 cable nipples I bought from my mate Bob who
is a bike mechanic.

Your bike shop will probably sell you some for pennies each.

Guy
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Just zis Guy said:

soup said:

Shop fitted cables have those neat little (crimped?) ends how do
you (TINY) treat the ends of cables.

With one of the pack of 50 cable nipples I bought from my mate Bob who
is a bike mechanic.

Your bike shop will probably sell you some for pennies each.

Guy

spokenipples or pop rivets will work in a pinch.

Marten Gerritsen

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www.m-gineering.nl

Just zis Guy said:

soup said:

Shop fitted cables have those neat little (crimped?) ends how do
you (TINY) treat the ends of cables.

With one of the pack of 50 cable nipples I bought from my mate Bob who
is a bike mechanic.

Your bike shop will probably sell you some for pennies each.

When you buy the inners you should ask the shop if they've got any of
the little caps, and they'll generally give you half a dozen gratis.
An alternative to the caps is to use a blob of Super Glue.

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Probably a bit of a non event question but I am replacing the rear
brake inner cable and the front deraileur inner cable when fitted, put
through outers, cut to length etc, will have the ends of the cables to
treat. Shop fitted cables have those neat little (crimped?) ends how do
you (TINY) treat the ends of cables.

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You could try a tiny dab of quick-setting Araldite or a
similar epoxy, which will form a natural rounded shape.

michael adams

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Probably a bit of a non event question but I am replacing the rear
brake inner cable and the front deraileur inner cable when fitted, put
through outers, cut to length etc, will have the ends of the cables to
treat. Shop fitted cables have those neat little (crimped?) ends how
do you (TINY) treat the ends of cables.

Buy the ends from the bike shop (called 'nipples', cost a few pence),
crimp on with anything suitable.

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michael adams said:

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Quoted message said:

Probably a bit of a non event question but I am replacing the rear
brake inner cable and the front deraileur inner cable when fitted, put
through outers, cut to length etc, will have the ends of the cables to
treat. Shop fitted cables have those neat little (crimped?) ends how do
you (TINY) treat the ends of cables.

You could try a tiny dab of quick-setting Araldite or a
similar epoxy, which will form a natural rounded shape.

JB Weld (metal-loaded epoxy) would probably be a better choice,
Araldite [1] usually just chips off metal after a while.

Chris

[1] The Greek goddess of industrial adhesives.
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you know? said:

With one of the pack of 50 cable nipples I bought from my mate Bob who is
a bike mechanic.

Your bike shop will probably sell you some for pennies each.

My LBS gave me several, plus ferrules for the outers when I bought a full
set of new cables recently.

Mike

soup said:

Shop fitted cables have those neat little (crimped?) ends
how do you (TINY) treat the ends of cables.

If you want to be fancy, solder the cable ends. Otherwise, clean the cut
end with alcohol, then wick a little superglue into the cut.

James Thomson

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michael adams said:

"soup" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Probably a bit of a non event question but I am replacing the rear
brake inner cable and the front deraileur inner cable when fitted, put
through outers, cut to length etc, will have the ends of the cables to
treat. Shop fitted cables have those neat little (crimped?) ends how

do

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

you (TINY) treat the ends of cables.

You could try a tiny dab of quick-setting Araldite or a
similar epoxy, which will form a natural rounded shape.

JB Weld (metal-loaded epoxy) would probably be a better choice,
Araldite [1] usually just chips off metal after a while.

Chris

[1] The Greek goddess of industrial adhesives.

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and not only that -

[2] An official MOD website no less. (Nicknames for the use of)

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/4726.html

Surname Nickname Explanation

Arrol Dite Araldite glue

michael (daisy) adams

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Chris Eilbeck

Chris Eilbeck said:

"michael adams" <[email hidden]> writes:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

You could try a tiny dab of quick-setting Araldite or a
similar epoxy, which will form a natural rounded shape.

JB Weld (metal-loaded epoxy) would probably be a better choice,
Araldite [1] usually just chips off metal after a while.

Might chip off a flat metal plate but bog standard epoxy resin doesn't
chip off cable ends, IME. In fact it's difficult to remove deliberately,
unlike proper end caps.

~PB

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Quoted message said:

Probably a bit of a non event question but I am replacing the rear
brake inner cable and the front deraileur inner cable when fitted, put
through outers, cut to length etc, will have the ends of the cables to
treat. Shop fitted cables have those neat little (crimped?) ends how do
you (TINY) treat the ends of cables.

I use heatshrink sleeving available from Maplins and others including:
http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSearch/partDetail.jsp?SKU=107441&N=401

You can shrink it with a naked flame or hot air gun, it's tidy enough, keeps
the strands neatly twisted and can be removed without shortening the cable.
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Pete
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dkahn400 said:

Just zis Guy said:

On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:49:36 GMT, "soup" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Shop fitted cables have those neat little (crimped?) ends how do
you (TINY) treat the ends of cables.

With one of the pack of 50 cable nipples I bought from my mate Bob
who is a bike mechanic.

Your bike shop will probably sell you some for pennies each.

When you buy the inners you should ask the shop if they've got any of
the little caps, and they'll generally give you half a dozen gratis.
An alternative to the caps is to use a blob of Super Glue.

I've got some old electrical cable that I strip a couple of cm of insulation
from. The gear cable fits neatly in 13 amp and brake cable fits in 30 amp.
I've got nice colours to match my cycles, as long as it's yellow, black, red
or yellow and green.
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