Home Depot substitute for brake cable end crimps?
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Home Depot substitute for brake cable end crimps?
If I want a few end crimps for brake/shifter cables, what's a good hardware store-available substitute rather than having to get a package of proper bicycle cable crimp ends off ebay etc?
Thanks.
Thanks.
Last edited by MyRedTrek; 04-19-22 at 06:54 PM.
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You could solder the end of the cable to keep it from fraying.
Or just get some on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
$7
Or just get some on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
$7
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My friends at my LBS often gave me a few before I bought my own bottle.
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You could solder the end of the cable to keep it from fraying.
Or just get some on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
$7
Or just get some on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
$7
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Heat shrink tubing?
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there is no good substitute and I have had no luck with soldering stainless even with flux
some things are not worth mucking around with
some things are not worth mucking around with
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But personally I use crimp ends. Too much bother
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I am worse at soldering than I am at bar taping.
100 of those thingies for $7 is a lifetime supply for me (especially since the primary ride is Di2).
100 of those thingies for $7 is a lifetime supply for me (especially since the primary ride is Di2).
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1/50oz is about the smallest I've seen at a local sports store.
1/50oz is about the smallest I've seen at a local sports store.
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I've gotten crimp ends from every bike shop in my area at one time or another. Some gave me a couple free since I was buying other things at the time. Another charged me a dollar for four. Probably not worth the time or cost of the paper to print the receipt. But it sure beat having a container of them lost somewhere in my shop and having to go to the bike shop to get some till I can find my seldom used and lost container of them.
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I used to ride with a guy who crimped old spoke nipples to the end of his cables.
Having said that, a drop of super glue can also hold the cut end together well.
However, I use the right part for the job - cable end caps crimped on. Why mess around with anything else when the simplest solution is right at the LBS?
Having said that, a drop of super glue can also hold the cut end together well.
However, I use the right part for the job - cable end caps crimped on. Why mess around with anything else when the simplest solution is right at the LBS?
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I welded a cable end once just to see how easy it was. My welder is lift-arc and it was annoying difficult to get my arc started because, you know, it's a flexible cable. I think I used the lowest possible amperage for the shortest possible time and it worked a treat. Obviously not in any way worth the trouble.
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In the past I've used either heat shrink tubing or butt splice wire connectors. Either one should be available at any hardware store.
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I used to ride with a guy who crimped old spoke nipples to the end of his cables.
Having said that, a drop of super glue can also hold the cut end together well.
However, I use the right part for the job - cable end caps crimped on. Why mess around with anything else when the simplest solution is right at the LBS?
Having said that, a drop of super glue can also hold the cut end together well.
However, I use the right part for the job - cable end caps crimped on. Why mess around with anything else when the simplest solution is right at the LBS?
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Pop rivets
Since I have a supply of these in aluminum, I’ve used them. The solid actuating pin slides off. IIRC 3/32 but measure, my memory is fading fast.
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Wire butt connectors.
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I'm in the heat shrink camp. I've even been able to keep the heat shrink on the cable after pulling it through the housing. A Bic lighter to shrink it.
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Maybe just go down to your local shop and they might just give you a couple. No need to faff about trying to find alternatives to something that does not need it and wouldn't benefit from something different.
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