I solder my cable ends. They look so much more professional.
And, if anyone remembers my CR list question from a little while ago, I have removed the seat post from that old Tommasini. It took a 3' monkey wrench and two people.
Andy Bohlmann
Colorado Springs, CO USA
http://www.sandcreeksports.com and http://www.tourofcolorado.com
>I do confess that I had missed the red dice on the end of the brake
> crimps on the end of the brake cables on the auction of the pogliaghi
> on the website of the ebay on the laptop of my employer ( and there's
> a hole in the bottom of the sea ...)
>
> As someone who just greased his rear brake cable last night, I have to
> say, that these are exceedingly rare. It's hard enough these days to
> find retro cable crimps... It's an order of magnitude harder to find
> crimpable red dice, and a dice-crimping tool to boot !! :-) :-)
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA, USA