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Old 03-08-07, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by spambait11
Cables should really be cut with cable cutters. Anything else and they tend to fray. God help you if you then try to shove them into cable housing.
Yeah. I appreciate the distinction. I'm new to the folding world. On a folding bike there can be lots of long cable housing runs with tight corners. I can see that the clean cut might be more of an issue.

I put together a tool kit for each bike, and it lives in the bike's seat bag. I just bought a Bike Friday in December, and I'm putting together its tool kit now. I may have to rethink the mini lineman's pliers for that bike. I have a pair of smallish cable cutters that I use at home. They came as part of my wife's "dowry" and work very well. If I can find a pair like that I will probably put that on the BF.

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