| Thanks for confirming my approach and that tip. I’ll try it out this weekend and let you know how it goes.
As an aside, one day I will replace the housing. Was thinking of a coloured housing maybe Nissen. What colours do you think would work with the dark gold Roadini (brown/silver brake levers, light green bar tape). I’m struggling to visualize what will look good. Jason On Jan 15, 2025, at 11:16 AM, tio ryan <rdor...@gmail.com> wrote:
Interesting tip—had a feeling saving those old cables would someday come in handy :)
Will give that method a try next time!
-tío
On Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 9:29:25 AM UTC-5 JohnS wrote:
+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!
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