+1 on Mathias' method of inserting a piece of cable into the housing before cutting the housing. I think it helps prevent the housing from being crushed by the cable cutting tool. I still file the housing to remove any rough edges.
JohnS On Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 9:10:28 PM UTC-5 Mathias Steiner wrote: > I have a method -- I don't want to call it a 'simple trick' lest you-all > think it's click bait -- that makes cutting the housing a little more > predictable. > > Pull back the brake cable so it's away from where you will cut. > Shove a piece of brake cable into the housing so it goes a little past the > cut. > Cut. > Push the cut-off piece out and check the housing. Repeat if you have left > a bad surface, or file/Dremel it flat. > > Either way, by keeping a piece of cable in the housing, you won't have a > blockage. > > No matter how I do it, I'm averaging 50% success at best. I try to err a > hair on the long side for the first cut. > > cheers -m > East Lansing, MI > [Where it's 12 F. Riding to and from work was not much fun today. Beats > fires. 🤞🤞🤞 to our L.A. friends. ] > > On Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 8:34:47 PM UTC-5 Oliver Moss wrote: > >> Hey Jay, >> >> You got it right on. It's a pretty simple to shorten that housing, and >> your play by play is pretty much just right. The only thing I would add is >> using an awl, or the end of a pick, to make the newly cut housing end round >> if it has been squashed when it was cut. I also clean up that end with a >> file so it is smooth. >> >> Damn good looking bike, by the way. >> >> ~Oliver >> On Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 8:00:30 PM UTC-5 Jay wrote: >> >>> When the shop built up my Roadini they gave a lot of room for running >>> the bars higher than I ended up going with after getting the bike home and >>> dialling it in. As a result, there is a lot more cable/housing than >>> needed, in particular the front brake, and it sometimes gets in the way >>> when I'm on the tops. >>> >>> This isn't a big deal, but if I could easily trim the front brake >>> cable/housing, without removing the bar tape, is it just a matter of: >>> - loosen front brake calliper pinch bolt >>> - using something like needle nose pliers, pull 4-5 inches of cable up >>> through the front brake (Tektro RRL) >>> - cut off some of the housing to desired length (I have a cable/housing >>> tool, haven't used it in a long time though) >>> - push the cable back through the housing (maybe drop in some tri-flow >>> first) >>> - tighten pinch bolt, cut excess cable, put a cable end on >>> >>> I'm an average mechanic at best, so I don't usually mess with something >>> if it isn't broken. But if this is simple, I'll go ahead and do it. >>> Thanks! >>> >>> [image: image1.jpeg] >>> >>> [image: image2.jpeg] >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3b6f387d-90a4-483b-87c4-c7e882d23211n%40googlegroups.com.
