Originally Posted by
Bob Dopolina
No, there isn't. It is only a cable!
As other have mentioned the cable should not exit there. It is set up very, very wrong. Those lever should work reasonable well. Take it to a bike shop as you clearly don't know what you are doing and brakes are pretty important.
I'm confused, is there another component called housing? I thought cable housing = the black layer surrounding the bare gray cable? Once again the bright line from that picture is just the reflection off of the black cable housing from my camera flash..
But the cable exiting the wrong position is a good point. The previous owner decided to put black handlebar tape over the existing red one, so he probably aligned the cables wrong. I was planning to bring it into the LBS tomorrow, but just wanted to hear some opinions to see if it was something I could fix myself.
Edit:
Googled a picture of someone with the same bike: http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTYzWDEwMDA=/$T2eC16Z,!ygE9s7HJ-n1BRWFuUHvkw~~48_20.JPG
The only difference I see is that the cable housing exits slightly farther from the bracket cover than mine - and yes that's basically how my cable housing coming out looks.