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Location: Madison, WI
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Bikes: 1961 Ideor, 1966 Perfekt 3 Speed AB Hub, 1994 Bridgestone MB-6, 2006 Airnimal Joey, 2009 Thorn Sherpa, 2013 Thorn Nomad MkII, 2015 VO Pass Hunter, 2017 Lynskey Backroad, 2017 Raleigh Gran Prix, 1980s Bianchi Mixte on a trainer. Others are now gone.
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I never have a problem with the crimp on cable ends, I crimp them with a long nose pliers up near the opening, usually I can use a similar plier from a different angle on it to open up the crimp, allowing it to slide off. I do not robustly crimp them to be more than forever crimped. As I noted above in post 27, I glued the end strands together with Superglue on some of my cables.
After reading the comments here about Shimano brifters and cables, I am suddenly quite pleased that my only brifters are Campy. Most of my bikes use bar end shifters, but I have two bikes with Campy brifter for the rear, one front Campy brifter.