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Originally Posted by dabac
Not entirely sure how much it matters, but I always run my barrels aligned with the insertion hole, 90 deg off from how yours are placed.
My impression is that they sit better that way.

Used to be a time when brake levers were sometimes made for motorcycle/scooter sized cables, which used a slightly larger barrel. You then got a crescent-shaped thingy to use as an adapter for bike-sized parts, and if you lost that, the new cable wouldn't sit well in the lever. But your levers should be bike standard through and through.
Oh, so that's what that thing I saved when overhauling my old MTB levers is for.
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