Coupe GT Hood release cable *snap*

[John Cassidy]

 I
> imagine there are tools out there for attaching those things to
> cable... bike shops probably use them daily for handbrake levers, etc.

>Not anymore they don't, not in the UK anyway. Can't remember the last >time

>that I custom-made a cable - 10 years ago maybe. Most bike shops don't
>have 
>the parts or the tools for this task anymore and few of their staff >>would

>know how to use them.

Not in the US either. That's because a replacement inner cable for a bike
goes for about $1.00.  And, if it broke on one end, it's probably ready to
break on the other.  Most bike mechanics I know (used to be one) could
handle it, but it would cost much more than a buck in time and material.


John Cassidy
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