Big honking, heavy gauge, vintage MTB brake cables....source?
11-02-15, 09:35 AM
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Big honking, heavy gauge, vintage MTB brake cables....source?
Does anyone still produce these big cables? I have faith in the old ones; but I'd rather replace them on a flip....
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All of the new ones I have seen are from china you can order them pretty cheap off of ebay so the quality may be suspect. The last couple of older MTBs I re-cabled I just did both the housing and the cables and used the standard 1.6m Jagwire cables, rather than go with used or the ones from china.
1.75 brake cable | eBay
1.75 brake cable | eBay
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Thanks for the suggestions....think I'm gonna re-use the originals....I may do a drop bar conversion anyway......
