Originally Posted by
Grand Bois
I'm guessing that it takes more force than it is possible to apply with a brake lever to stretch even standard brake cables.
The very thot x'd my mind as well. Sides of the rims must be about worn thru! Lemme see now - maybe four feet of housing and a couple new cables we're prolly looking at maybe $20. Go crazy with DA and it'll be more. The cables on the Caylor are DA7400 and pushing 35years old now. I don't recall ever having had to adjust them for stretch. But I set the brakes pretty loose and prolly wouldn't know if they'd stretched or not. Sometimes being an insensitive clot really has some up-sides, eh?