I bought the Hozan cable cutters, which work just fine. You can get them on Amazon for forty dollars. For brake housing I mostly use a Dremel with a cut off wheel. Much cleaner cut.
On Friday, November 8, 2013 6:15:00 PM UTC-5, Edwin W wrote: > > I figured "how many cuts do I make?" Why don't I just get a used one for > half price? This is the question I ponder on everything bike related (and > most of my bike related things are bought used for half price). > I brought this same thing up on this list or iBob a year or so ago and got > all the same responses. So, I bought the cable cutter new and have not > regretted it for a SECOND. There is just no other way to cut cables and > housing well on your own with a cheaper tool. > > I have cut fender stays with it, but I prefer a my father in law's bolt > cutter. Maybe I have to buy one of those, too! > > Edwin > > On Friday, November 8, 2013 4:22:54 PM UTC-6, Minh wrote: >> >> Yikes, i don't remember paying this much for my shimano cutter! but then >> i'm pushing 15 years on mine. >> >> I can see where doug is coming from, even if i did all my bikes once a >> year, that's only around 30 cuts per year. even over 15 years that's >> expensive per cut. but it is nice knowing i have the right tool when i >> need it. >> >> >> On Friday, November 8, 2013 4:14:11 PM UTC-5, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> Not what you asked for, but I bit the bullet and bought one of these: >>> >>> http://www.lickbike.com/productpage.php?PART_NUM_SUB=2584-00 >>> >>> 20 years on it's still working as good as new! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> David >>> >>> "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal >>> >> -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
