Quick update. First, obligatory beauty shot:
Thanks to Neal (@nlerner), the rear brake cable now has all of its necessary cable ends, so I went ahead and soldered the rear cable end in place. Got the positioning wrong on the first try and had a fun (not) time adjusting it when it slipped right off the second time.
Wound up feathering the tip of a mini butane torch on the end cap to get the solder to flow nicely.
Attempt #1:
Final result:
Installed:
In other news, Jeff Rowse (from the Raleigh Roadsters Owners Club on Facebook) sent along a complete, correct front wheel for this project. That finally sorts out that out-of-place 1970's replacement that was on the front of this bike for many years:
The nuts and washers are newer replacements, but look good:
It's a perfect match to the rear - matte center and all.
Still a ways to go here, but coming along. Curious if anyone has a recommendation for sleeving a cable with the proper dark green plastic-rubberish covering that would have been on it originally. I'd heat shrink it, but can't find any heat shrink in dark green.
-Kurt