Brake and gear cables for vintage road bike

[Ricardo Velo]

Hi guys,

I’m new on the block and this is my first post. I’m refurbing a vintage Carlton TEN 1960s bike and can’t seem to find where I can buy the brakes and gear cables online. would appreciate some advice on where I could go to.


thanks

 

[Cycleops]

If this man doesn't know then nobody does. Paging @Spokesmann
BTW to CC.

 

[DCLane]

Bankrupt Bikes are a possible source - can't add a link until tomorrow though.

 

[biggs682]

Halfords or Wilkinsons and any other cycle shop half decent .
Are you in the UK ?

 

[Gunk]

Bankrupt Bikes are a possible source - can't add a link until tomorrow though.

They’re on eBay, I‘ve sourced loads of bits for older builds off them

 

[Sharky]

Try googling "Weinmann Brakes". They were were popular in that era.

 

[raleighnut]

You can pretty much fit anything to a bike frame, nothing has changed that much. One thing though rear brake calipers have altered from 'bolt though' to a sleeve nut that fits into the brake bridge so the stud is too short to get a nut on. there is an easy way to get around this ..........simply use a 'front' brake caliper on the back, there is no difference other than the bolt is longer

 

[GuyBoden]

Fibrax have an online shop, they still manufacture a lot of bike parts in Wrexham, Wales.

https://fibrax.org/shop.html

https://fibrax.org/shop.html#!/Stainless-Brake-Cable-Kit-Braided-Road-MTB/p/79795523
https://fibrax.org/shop.html#!/Raleigh-Rim-Brake-Pads-36mm-Bulk-Option/p/79902073/category=22292104

 

[T4tomo]

Hi guys,

I’m new on the block and this is my first post. I’m refurbing a vintage Carlton TEN 1960s bike and can’t seem to find where I can buy the brakes and gear cables online. would appreciate some advice on where I could go to.


thanks

if it is purely brake and gear cables then "modern" ones have exactly same nipple ends as vintage one....?

 

[wafter]

More info would help.. is there anything overtly functionally different between "vintage" and modern cables, or is it just an aesthetic thing?

I used Fibrax outers with Clark and Shimano inners on my (not very vintage) budget utility hack Fuji, which so far over nearly a year and 1k+ miles have proven absolutely fine.

 

[Ricardo Velo]

Thanks guys for all your responses. Will contact bankrupt bike parts

 

[Spokesmann]

The Carlton Ten would have had white ribbed cables, these can still be sought on Bay. The cable inners are easy to get hold of and have the usual pear ends. Gear cables again can be found on Ebay, although the Huret levers like a flat cylindrical nipple end, find I have to file down the ends on most replacement cables as they fit the Huret levers, depends on how original to spec you want to keep your '10'. Would be good to see some pictures, the ten/10 model have a few variations over its 7/8 year lifespan. Always a popular model.

 

[FrankCrank]

You can pretty much fit anything to a bike frame, nothing has changed that much. One thing though rear brake calipers have altered from 'bolt though' to a sleeve nut that fits into the brake bridge so the stud is too short to get a nut on. there is an easy way to get around this ..........simply use a 'front' brake caliper on the back, there is no difference other than the bolt is longer

For Raleigh twenty's and all their incarnations, the front and rear calipers have differing reach. I suspect there are other examples too - just thought it worth mentioning

 

[raleighnut]

For Raleigh twenty's and all their incarnations, the front and rear calipers have differing reach. I suspect there are other examples too - just thought it worth mentioning

Yep, my Raleigh 'City' had 26 inch wheels until I had some 700c rims laced to the original 3spd SA rear hub and a Shimano dynamo front (700c is between a 26" and a 27" size) which also allowed me to replace the twisted bits of steel that Raleigh laughingly called brake calipers with some nice Aluminium Weinman ones that I had in my shed. Win-win as now it has a much bigger range of tyres and far better brakes.

 

[Hover Fly]

Ribbed and other weird cables here
https://www.veloduo.co.uk/collectio...age-style-brake-cable-outer-housing-6-colours