Cutting Bicycle Cable Housing

Hold cable or housing perpendicular to jaws and squeeze levers quickly for a clean cut as seen below.

Cutting bicycle cable housing.

Cold forged heat treated steel handles for strength. Best way to cut bicycle cables and housing. 4 5 out of 5 stars 90. Precision ground cutting jaws for a clean cut on every cable.

Apart from hydraulic brake hoses of course but that s a different matter. Designed specifically for use on all bicycle cables and housing including brake housing hard to cut shift housing. 5 0 out of 5 stars 2. Built in crimper for cable end caps and forming hole for reforming housing ends and housing ferrules.

If the ends of the cable housing is not nice and even it can be compressed by the tension of the cable. Too often i see brake and shifter housing mixed. Use the crimper section of the cn 10 to open up the housing and inner liner before installing an end cap and cable. Vbestlife bicycle bike cable housing cutter tool mountain bike brake cable housing cutter heavy duty multi function bicycle spoke wire cable cutter repair tool.

Use the correct cable cutters for the job or risk making a mess of your cables if you find the videos helpful and would like to make a small donation to help. Difference between brake and shifter housing. This then defeats the whole point of sis and their clones housing which is to have as little compression as possible so the indexed shifting can be crisp and precise. After cutting the compressionless gear housing inspect the end to see if it flattened a bit.