🚴 Schwinn Black Bike Brake and Derailleur Cable Repair Kit Review

I am very happy with Bell's affordable cable kit for my vintage bikes. This time I went with this Schwinn set instead. This set has a nylon liner in the cables which I thought would be an improvement over the Bell set which is not lined. This extra layer made it difficult to cut, and I felt the nylon was somewhat damaged and frayed in the jammed cutters. I've used very marginal Bell wire cutters (they worked well but were tiring) which I couldn't use with these Schwinns. So I had to buy new $16

I have a 1983 Peugeot PF60 and found the ends of the stock shifter cables to be too large to fit my downtube Simplex shifters. Standard cable ends would stick out instead of being flush with the arm; You'll need to grind the diameter of the cable end a bit to match the cable, or leave it on top of the arm. I found an old forum post on this particular issue and the poster recommended this Schwinn cable kit. because the end of the cable is a little smaller than the standard cable. I tested this…

Cables are strong and move well in the universal case. Need pliers for the body of a bike cable, as trying to cut through strong steel jacketing is almost impossible with flat-nosed pliers or a hacksaw. The brake cable ends are a smaller washer shape than the ones that came with my brake levers, but they fit and work well. The shift cable ends are normal sized. The tips are excellent and work well for crimping. The product does have a few minor flaws - they are tightly wrapped in the packaging…