Author Topic: Front brake cable adaptor (lever end) required ?  (Read 5724 times)

Offline Stephen Foster

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Front brake cable adaptor (lever end) required ?
« 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 ...

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Re: Front brake cable adaptor (lever end) required ?
« Reply #1 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?

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Re: Front brake cable adaptor (lever end) required ?
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2012, 11:43:42 AM »
Is this the type of device you mean? 

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Offline Stephen Foster

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Re: Front brake cable adaptor (lever end) required ?
« Reply #3 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" .

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Steve ..
« Last Edit: December 07, 2012, 12:21:29 PM by Stephen Foster »

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Re: Front brake cable adaptor (lever end) required ?
« Reply #4 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