good source for brake & shift cables?

"Retroed Bob" wrote:
Looking for pointers to on-line sources for (teflon?) lined brake and
shift cables. I'm vintage guy, so I'm not too particular about
specific (current) brands; reasonable prices and reasonable quality
and performance are good things.

My Brakes are Weinmann center or side pulls. Shifting is all
friction/downtube so gears are housing free except on the ft
derailleur at the seat tube and rear derailleurs at the rear stay.

www.nashbar.com

http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/cables.html

or ebay:
http://tinyurl.com/7xp7w

You won't need SIS type housing for your friction derailleurs. For shifters,
the 1.2 mm stainless, die-drawn wires from QBP will work fine. Yes, get
teflon lined brake housings.

Art Harris

Retroed Bob writes:

Looking for pointers to on-line sources for (teflon?) lined brake and
shift cables. I'm vintage guy, so I'm not too particular about
specific (current) brands; reasonable prices and reasonable quality
and performance are good things.

Retro,

I'm one step ahead of you !! Two nights ago a box arrived from
Nashbar with some $3.90 teflon cables (both brake and derailleur
cables.) The trick was to buy them onsale and use a 20% discount code
(sorry, it expired 3/07/05) to get the price under $4.00.

My preferences are :

Dia Compe BRS black or white teflon full brake cable sets, $9.95
(performance, nashbar)

Nashbar cable sets, $4.95 - 10% coupon (find it on the internet.)

I am especially happy with the $7.90 Campagnolo Omega 19 clincher rims
(475gm) that came with my -20% order from bike nashbar. Also like the
$8.20 Selle San Marco Rolls NOS saddle a whole lot... *grin*.

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA

Retroed Bob writes:

Looking for pointers to on-line sources for (teflon?) lined brake and
shift cables. I'm vintage guy, so I'm not too particular about
specific (current) brands; reasonable prices and reasonable quality
and performance are good things.

Retro,

I'm one step ahead of you !! Two nights ago a box arrived from
Nashbar with some $3.90 teflon cables (both brake and derailleur
cables.) The trick was to buy them onsale and use a 20% discount code
(sorry, it expired 3/07/05) to get the price under $4.00.

My preferences are :

Dia Compe BRS black or white teflon full brake cable sets, $9.95
(performance, nashbar)

Nashbar cable sets, $4.95 - 10% coupon (find it on the internet.)
Also available cheaply from www.biketoolsetc.com.

I am especially happy with the $7.90 Campagnolo Omega 19 clincher rims
(475gm) that came with my -20% order from bike nashbar. Also like the
$8.20 Selle San Marco Rolls NOS saddle a whole lot... *grin*.

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA

"Donald Gillies" wrote:

The trick was to buy them onsale and use a 20% discount code
(sorry, it expired 3/07/05) to get the price under $4.00.

Ah, but there's a 10% discount code (CR201) good until 3/31/05.

Art Harris

Clarks,Delta,and Jarwire.

Retroed Bob wrote:

Looking for pointers to on-line sources for (teflon?) lined brake and
shift cables. I'm vintage guy, so I'm not too particular about
specific (current) brands; reasonable prices and reasonable quality
and performance are good things.

My Brakes are Weinmann center or side pulls. Shifting is all
friction/downtube so gears are housing free except on the ft
derailleur at the seat tube and rear derailleurs at the rear stay.

http://www.yellowjersey.org/cabl.html

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