Originally Posted by
lvolpe
I know that this may seem silly but have you cut off the tip that you do not need. You likely need to cut off the circular tip and then thread it through.
Here's where it gets interesting. A bicycle is a simple machine but the devil is in the details.
If you cut the cable with an ordinary pair of side cutters, the cable will probably immediately start to fray and you'll have trouble threading it through the cable housing. Bike shops use a special cutter that doesn't fray the cable so badly. My favorite work-around is to neatly solder the cable where I plan to cut it and cut through the solder.
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