How To Fix a Frayed brake cable
- Thread starter Wester
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Smokin Joe
Squire
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Solder shmoulder.
Just buy a bloody cable.
Just buy a bloody cable.
mrandmrspoves
Middle aged bald git.
- Location
- Narfuk
.....but if you are really on a tight budget and don't value your life more than £2, and trimming an inch off the outer leaves it too short - all is still not lost!...........Save the shorter cable for when your front cable frays in a couple of month's time.
- Location
- London
Yes, no choice but to replace.
I noticed a while ago that the cable to my front derailleur was frayed a bit some time ago but was too lazy to sort it. The other day, pedalling to catch a main line train (fixed ticket) it bust as i was trying to get up to the big chainring. So i had to complete the journey in the bottom gear range with a fair amount of spinning out. Thank goodness for the 11 tooth sprocket on the back, and of course that it wasn't a brake cable.
Thanks for the post OP - i will check my brake cables in future - i have, very foolishly, tended not to.
You might also care to check the cyclist down thread for the story of the unfortunate rumanian woman. I don't know the exact cause but that was apparently a brake failure of some sort.
I noticed a while ago that the cable to my front derailleur was frayed a bit some time ago but was too lazy to sort it. The other day, pedalling to catch a main line train (fixed ticket) it bust as i was trying to get up to the big chainring. So i had to complete the journey in the bottom gear range with a fair amount of spinning out. Thank goodness for the 11 tooth sprocket on the back, and of course that it wasn't a brake cable.
Thanks for the post OP - i will check my brake cables in future - i have, very foolishly, tended not to.
You might also care to check the cyclist down thread for the story of the unfortunate rumanian woman. I don't know the exact cause but that was apparently a brake failure of some sort.
