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The VintageBike Message Board => Wanted Bikes => Topic started by: Stephen Foster on November 06, 2012, 05:54:50 AM

Title: Front brake cable adaptor (lever end) required ?
Post by: Stephen Foster on November 06, 2012, 05:54:50 AM

Hello , I am searching for an adaptor to shorten the front brake cable slightly ..I have had these in the past , they fit over the lever end of the cable and enter the front brake lever .
They are slotted to slip over the cable and sit between the end of the cable & the front brake lever bracket ..dont know what they are called other than "adaptor" ?

Thanks in advance  ,

Steve ...

Title: Re: Front brake cable adaptor (lever end) required ?
Post by: wink on November 07, 2012, 09:38:21 AM

I remember these. They came in two diameters for lightweights and proper bikes, we got ours from Romac, long gone probably. You could make one from aluminium with a drill and a saw. A proper scrap yard will have ally rod. Or perhaps microbore copper tube?

Title: Re: Front brake cable adaptor (lever end) required ?
Post by: VintageBike on November 07, 2012, 11:43:42 AM

Is this the type of device you mean? 

Cheers
Nigel

Title: Re: Front brake cable adaptor (lever end) required ?
Post by: Stephen Foster on November 07, 2012, 01:47:48 PM

That is exactly the item .
Thank You ..I have sourced a fresh cable but would still like some of these "Bikerbob" .

Regards,
Steve ..

Title: Re: Front brake cable adaptor (lever end) required ?
Post by: RichP on November 21, 2012, 08:30:47 PM

Amal list them as a 'Cable Stop' for twistgrips - I don't think that I'd fancy one on a brake cable.

Some suppliers list cable stops in two sizes.

http://www.trialsbits.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=207