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Review on 🚲 Enhance Your Bike's Style and Safety with ODYSSEY Knarps Cable Ends in Stunning Silver by Jason Winkfield

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great for vintage Raleigh calipers

That's all you need if you want new brake cables for a vintage Raleigh caliper. For those who don't know, up until the '70s Raleigh brakes used fixed length cables with metal spikes on each end that hooked onto the lever and caliper. The cables were not screwed to the caliper. They were extremely strong, but it's impossible to find a replacement these days. The cables don't last forever though so I was advised to get one for my 1958 Raleigh Sports and they work great. A bit fiddly to set up but only because the calipers are under tension but they seem to hold the cable very well and sit securely on the old caliper. The attached photos show the old cable and the new cable with clamp.

Pros
  • Weight
Cons
  • Some small things