Questions tagged [cable]
Bicycle brakes and shifters use Bowden cables to transmit braking/shifting forces from the hand controls to the appropriate place.
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Brake Line no Longer Connected to Brake Lever
Randomly a couple of days ago, my left brake stopped working. When I investigated, the bolt or nut or whatever that had held the brakeline inside the brake lever was missing!
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Can I modify mechanical bar end shift levers such that they don't stop in the downward pointing lever position?
I like to build bikes with bar end shifters on moustache bar, looks neat, is cheap and pretty convenient.
However, with my current setup process, the left lever points straigth downwards in the small ...
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Knaap AMS 250 w bafang rear hub motor
Hi can anyone tell me if I slice this 8-pin cable that comes out of the controller so that I could connect a 5-pin display by matching color to color? I am not sure what all the 8 wires are for in ...
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Another question regarding the specific size of stepped ferrules
I have a frame with in total 5 brazed-on cable stop with 5 mm inner diameter, on at the chain stay and 4 at the bottom bracket, and I'm using 4.5 mm outer diameter shifing cable housing. The standard ...
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Gear cable stuck in Sensah empire shifter mechanism
I was trying to install a new gear cable. However, I messed up by trying to upshift while the cable head was not seated properly. Any ideas of getting the cable out?
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Shimano Claris stuck in highest gear
I've got a 3-year-old bike with Shimano Claris (looks like ST-R2000-R) shifters. The other day, the temperature outside dropped to 40F. I took my bike out and found that I couldn't upshift the rear ...
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Do I need a specific Sturmey Archer indicator chain/rod and cable?
Like the title says, I have an old refurbished bike from the 50's I want to get working again. It has a Sturmey Archer 3 speed shifter and internal gear hub, and that's about all I know about it. It ...
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Shimano nexus 8 internal gear shift cable holder is broken. What can I do?
I have a Cube Hyde Pro equipped with a Shimano Nexus 8. The cable holding place is broken. As you can see in the image below:
As a temporary solution I glued it with a cyanoacrylate glue but it is not ...
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What would you call the cable connection on a Race Face Aeffect R dropper post?
I'm very new to mountain biking, and even newer to bike maintenance. Appreciate your time on a question that I'm sure is simple; I just can't find the right words to Google it.
I have a fairly nice ...
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Bike cable tension not consistent when shifting up as compared to down
I'm trying to fix an issue on a (somewhat cheap) newer bike and it's giving me a bit of a run around.
The issue is that when shifting up and down, the alignment is off.
Normally, I could easily fix ...
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Is there anything I can do with extra brake cable?
I'm changing my brake cables and I'm just thinking that it's such a big waste of cable since I only need a tiny bit and the cables are two meters long. Is there any way they can be used or anything?
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Shimano 105 R5800 - Noise on largest cog?
Today, I had a weird problem with my road bike's rear derailleur. During an event (which was a 2-hour climb up an Alpine summit), I got a noise when riding in the smallest gear. It has a R5800 105 ...
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What is the correct cable routing for this Shimano front derailleur?
I'm working on an old (2007-ish) Specialized Hard Rock Sport, and failed to take any pictures of the cable routing before dismantling it.
I don't know what kind of front derailleur I have either, it's ...
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Tight shifting and handlebar weird stiffness
I got my hybrid bike serviced 2 days back. Before the service, the handlebar used to turn freely, and the shifter was not stiff.
I had given it because the day before something went wrong with the ...
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Disk brake cables wear out too often - can I do something?
I have bought a City Bike Elops Speed 900 a year ago. I noticed that the disk brake cables wear out way too often. It happens sometimes only after a few hundred kilometers of use.
They are torn at the ...
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