Originally Posted by
apastrak
Here's my second question while I take and upload a pic of the bike.
I have cane creek crosstop levers. I read up on how to install the cables on the Park Tool's website but the part I didn't understand was how the ferrules work.
If I'm using a single cable, that I split in two in order to route one piece from the aero lever to the crosstop lever, and the other piece from the crosstop lever to the calipers, how do I use the ferrules to turn the split cable end into a "head" to fit into the receptacles in the levers?
Sorry if this is all too evident, it's my first time installing cables of any kind.
You do not cut the cable for aero levers, you cut the housing. Cross levers work by increasing the effective housing length. The housing runs from the aero ever to the cross lever, and another piece from the cross lever to the cable stop on the frame. A single cable runs from the aero levers, through the cross levers, and into the brakes.
