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Old 11-15-04, 11:40 AM
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Hi, I'm reconditioning an old road bike as a single speed, and have run into a bit of a snag. I'd like to put new cable/housing on the brakes and have no doubt the cable won't be a problem. The housing, on the other hand, well, its not the same as is used these days. Its much thinner. The braze-on cable stops on the frame look like this, from the side

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With a large hole for the housing on one side and a smaller hole for the cable only on the other side. Is there a source for new housing? Am I stuck on this? Is there another way to get standard cable housing onto this bike? Or, am I stuck with brazing on new cable stops? Thanks for any and all info.

PS: The reason I ask here is because I got funny looks when I asked the guys at the LBS about this. They'd never heard of it.
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