Aluminum cables would not work! Not enough tensile strength, or fatigue strength, or toughness.
The CLB sets have plastic-coated aluminum housing over steel cables. I use them, and have them for sale also. Huge weight savings over steel housings, but a bit spongy compared to a super-stiff steel housing such as early Campag.
Greg Parker Dexter, Michigan
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 06:39:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> To: gpvb1@comcast.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]re: bike of death
Odd, I thought the cable was indeed aluminum. I'll pull out the unused one from my CLB-2's and test it with the trusty Rivendell refrigerator magnet. As I recall, it had a rather dull finish compared to steel cables, and it sure looked like Al to me, but the magnet will tell the tale. Maybe we will explode another urban myth.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Houston, TX
gpvb1@comcast.net wrote: Those work great, and I've never heard of a single one breaking. The cable isn't aluminum, though, just the housing.
Greg Parker Dexter, Michigan
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 07:26:26 -0400 From: Russ Fitzgerald To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]re: bike of death
Didn't CLB offer a set of aluminum brake cables? I should think those would be ideal for this purpose ...
Russ Fitzgerald
Greenwood, SC