All of you are very bad people with evil intentions. I don't think I want to be friends with the C&V folks anymore...

In actuality, most of you read my mind Yes, though minor this is irritating me enough that I need to change it. I do like doing my own work so I'm going to give it a shot. I don't have a 3.5 mm allen wrench so I'm going to start with the shifter housing first.

1) I have very, very little cable to work with on both the front and rear. If it frays I'm going to need new cables. Any tricks on keeping it from fraying? I guess I'll need to remove the crimp, right? I'll do this carefully.

2) I have never worked on Campagnolo shifters. I think I'll need to undue the bolt holding the shifter cable to the derailleur, take off the crimp, and pull the cable out of the housing far enough so that I can cut some off. I guess I'll need to go into the levers to pull the cable out, correct? I pulled the hoods back and didn't see yet where the head of the cable is. I'll keep looking.

3) I have Park Tool housing cutters. Are these just as good as a Dremel or should I find one to use? I've also read that some people use spare cable, insert this into the housing and then cut, which helps to keep the housing from pinching.

4) If I am able to shorter the shifter cable housings I'll try the brake housing next.

Thanks for the badgering, advice, and thanks Marty for the link. I have my fingers crossed hoping I won't fray my cables right off.