Switching cable

[elk]

yes...I think dude at the shop...who I wanted to run new cable for me...just switched my componants on the new bars....which I could've, (wait, I did do that and the cable was too short....which is why I took it to the shop grrr)

I'll have someone just look at it.

ty

[boy in a kilt]

Why give up ground now? You've gotten this far and now your brake cables know who's the mom.

If you want to fix it, go down and buy some cable housing, brake cables ferrules (the little metal things at the ends of your cables) and a cable cutter (about $30-$40 but worth the investment). The rest of your cables look fine. Make sure you get brake cable housing. Brake and derailluer cables aren't the same thickness.

And please tell me which shop you went it, it's been driving me crazy? It wasn't Sellwood Cycles was it?

[elk]

Is it the front brake cable I need to fix?

No, not Sellwood....starts with a K and is in Beaverton....

[boy in a kilt]

Ahh. I think I used to race against them in high school. One of their juniors didn't like the idea that he ended up starting a minute in front of me twice in a time trial series and I caught him both times. Apparently, it was beneath his dignity to have East Side white trash on a scrappy bike beating him. So he used to run smack on me behind my back.

You really don't need to fix anything. If your brakes work and it's not interfering with your steering, don't worry about it.

Your work won't look like a professional mechanic's at this point. The important point is you figured out how to do it.