Brake cable end caps
 

Up until now I've been using aluminum brake cable end caps with a blind hole. It seems that I have only been able to find the end caps with a through hole. Does anyone have a source for the end caps without the through hole?

Short of a pair of pliers or needle nose, what are you using for end cap crimping tool?

Bike shop, they use a lot of them .. I crimp with dikes..

Amazon?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ls_o02_s00_i01

Or cycling-specific online stores (like the ones that sell through Amazon).

I just use pliers to squish the proper areas of the cap, but a crimper tool of appropriate size would certainly work better.

Park cable cutters have a couple flats to do this. Observe-

http://i.imgur.com/iSe1a.jpg

Thanks Dan.

I buy them in bulk from where ever. Use the Park Cable Cutter tool pictured above to crimp them. IIRC the last bottle I bought was Avenir brand.

Aaron :)

Price point has 'em in 100-count bottles.
http://www.pricepoint.com/detail/211...s-100-Pack.htm
I've seen them elsewhere for similar prices, including some LBSes; $13 for 30 seems insanely expensive.

If you're known at a shop (meaning that you don't buy everything online) they may just give you a handful. Last time I went in to buy some, the owner poured 25 or so in a baggie and handed them to me, but I've bought five or six bikes there going back 20 years. If a shop tried to charge me $13 for 30, I'd walk out and never go back

I just bought a bag of 100 plain aluminum end caps and a new brake cable through Amazon. Thanks for the help.