rena.cutrufelli@comcast.net wrote:
>On some vintage bikes I see these plastic or rubberized plastic cable ends
>that slip over the cable ends(instead of the crimp on aluminum ones).
>From: LouDeeter@aol.com
>I'll bet you can find them in a hardware store. I see them on the ends of
>screws when I build things-I suspect to protect from injury. Just have to
>find the right size and color. Lou Deeter, Orlando Fl
Lou is right on the money. I got some recently at Home Depot to put on my son's bike. They were on the ends of nail-on plastic sliders for wooden chair legs. I bought a package of four, took the plastic protectors off, and put them on the bike's cable ends. I tossed the chair sliders into a drawer in the basement. Someday I'll get around to needing those, too.
Smaller, older hardware stores that have hundreds of those little hardware bins are worth exploring. That's where I found a stash of little blue rubber booties that were an exact match for the ones found on Campy metal pump heads. I bought some red ones, too, for my red and black bike.
Herb Langston
Evanston, IL