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jellied

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strange brake cable
« on: 21 April, 2013, 07:06:18 pm »
Was recabling an old old Brompton and found a rreally odd brake cable. It lookslike  a spoke nipple soldered onto a cable. New standard cable just fitted into the levers. Will post a photo later. But any ideas. Was it a Brompton thing ? Some home brew idea of someone?.
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rogerzilla

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Re: strange brake cable
« Reply #1 on: 21 April, 2013, 07:59:24 pm »
It's probably a Sturmey-Archer gear cable.
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jellied

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Re: strange brake cable
« Reply #2 on: 05 May, 2013, 08:00:29 pm »
finally got round to taking a photo yesterday. pretty sure it's a spoke nipple at the end - even got flats although no slotted head

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delthebike

Re: strange brake cable
« Reply #3 on: 05 May, 2013, 08:02:16 pm »
How is the fluff attached? It could be important!  :P
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jellied

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Re: strange brake cable
« Reply #4 on: 05 May, 2013, 08:03:48 pm »
it's probably from scratching my head after trying to work out spoke lengths for the drive side of a Brompton earlier in the day.
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PisteGuru

Re: strange brake cable
« Reply #5 on: 30 May, 2014, 10:15:25 pm »
Someone has probably used a control cable rather than a bicycle one, they tend to look like the one on your photo, as many are made up as one off items.  It could also be from a moper or motorcycle.
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