You can make lubing the cables very easy (brake and shifter) by using Wal-mart Super TECH white grease in a spray can. Make sure the straw is taped to the side of the can, as you will put that straw in the spray can nozzle and about 1/4" in the cable casing so as to shoot grease into the casing. The grease sprays out as a liquid and then becomes your typical grease consistency when a thinning additive evaporates. Be sure you stick the cable back in the casing while the grease is in a thinned state so the still liquid grease will be pushed through the cable and soak into the cable to ward off rust formation if your running anything except stainless steel cables.