Dan Kasha wrote:
> I am doing the final touches on an old Peugeot City Bike that
> I have (PX45 I think). It is 5 speed, with a Huret Svelto
> derailleur and shift lever.
>
> A standard derailleur cable does not fit in the lever. The
> cable is expecting a pill shaped end with the axis of the
> pill perpendicular to the cable. I have never seen such a
> derailleur cable. Is this a standard or readily available
> item? Or do I file down what I have to fit?
Yes, this cable end is quite different and non-interchangeable with the current standard, and don't bother trying to file a current style to fit either, you need the real thing. They were so common, ubiquitous even, through the 70s and maybe into the 80s, that you should be able to find one. Look for a cable called "universal" - those came with the Huret-type on one end and the Simplex/Campy type on the other end - you had to cut one end off in order to use it.
Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA