Wisper 905SE Brakes

[wibble]

Yep, I too would love a link!.

The brakes are definitely a concern for me and something that I've been meaning to address. I just keep putting it off because of all that gunk that's holding the cables together.

Was it easy to unravel the cables and replace them?

[wibble]

Found and ordered!:

Goodridge Brake Cable Kit - Cables - Brake - 17.99 GBP - Free P & P to UK & Ireland, Cheap International Rates. Next day delivery from Europes Largest Online Bikeshop.


They're quite expensive, but they could literally save my life.

"Because I'm worth it.."

[the_killjoy]

Wibble, can you give us an update when you have fitted them. Personally I would tape them to the original cables rather than unwrap them ~ then I am naturally lazy.

[Mussels]

Originally Posted by the_killjoy

Mussels, do I take it that you have kept the original brake and have just changed the cable?

Can you give a link to the cable you bought.

Thanks

It is the original brake with the red adjuster that doesn't do much and wibble has the link I got them from.

Originally Posted by wibble

Was it easy to unravel the cables and replace them?

Yes it was easy*, took about an hour to do front and back. Took me a while to figure out the front brake setup but it isn't difficult really and I replaced one of the front pads as it had worn at an angle where it was set up badly before.
The original cable outers looked well terminated so it may be possible to fit just a front inner to get a big improvement, this will cost about £2 from most shops and can be fitted in ten minutes. I'm happy I took the time to fit the Goodridge kit as feel to the back is much better now but for someone who does less mileage it may not be worth the investment.
* The cable and outer are not easy to cut, I used a large set of DIY wirecutters but it took a lot of effort and a bit of work hardening. Recommended is a set of good cable cutters but you're looking at about £20 for them, a Dremel with a disk cutter will probably be good as well but not a hacksaw.

[the_killjoy]

Flecc will probably say you shouldn't do it but, if I want to shorten an inner cable I run some solder in where I want to cut it to stop it unravelling (if using a small hacksaw).

[Mussels]

One side effect of the cable upgrade seems to be the disintegration of my rear pads, they have worn at an incredible rate. I have replaced them tonight with some Clark's premium MTB pads so I'll see how these fare.

[wibble]

me waits patiently for my cable cutter to arrive from Wiggle...

[wibble]

me looks at all that wrapping around the cables and decides to put off replacing them until another day.

Maybe tomorrow...

[Mussels]

Originally Posted by wibble

me looks at all that wrapping around the cables and decides to put off replacing them until another day.

Maybe tomorrow...

It's much easier than it looks to remove the wrapping, it's not sticky at all and more like the cheap cable tidies that computer shops sell. You may want to take a photo before dismantling it so you can see how it goes back neatly, I didn't but it wasn't hard to guess.

[wibble]

Wibble's log..

Star date - 14th Oct 2008


New cables finally connected!. WOOT!

I couldn't wrap them back up the way they originally were because the new cables aren't as flexible, which I suppose is a good thing as it shows that the outers are made from stronger stuff.

I'll get to test them out tomorrow to see if they're any better..


Over and out..