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01-25-14, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by NatUp

Here's the cable installed with the lever stop rotated backwards:

Uh? You have a gear cable installed into the brake cable pivot.

Gear cables go to the gear cable cam lower in the body, and a proper brake cable would have installed easily where you couldn't have installed the gear cable.

BTW- brake cables are universal (2 standard heads, but that's just about it) so there's no Campy compatible issue there.

BTW- you really don't want to ride with that cable who's strength is total inadequate for brake purposes. It can and will fail in an emergency situation, but probably not until then.

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