Originally Posted by Raiyn
Snag a hose on a ride and try to fix it as easily as I can fix mine with a spare cable.
Snag a hose? It's take a large sappling to pull them loose. You carry an extra brake cable with you? Not a bad idea but I never considered carrying one.
On the flip side of that arguement a cable is going to come apart in a snag quicker than a hose I would suspect.
There are good and bad to both.