Cutting Bicycle Cable Housing

The key to cutting cable housing is to achieve a flush and squared end to interface with the housing ferrule.

Cutting bicycle cable housing.

Designed specifically for use on all bicycle cables and housing including brake housing hard to cut shift housing. 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. Best way to cut bicycle cables and housing. Use the crimper section of the cn 10 to open up the housing and inner liner before installing an end cap and cable.

With bicycle brake housing standards there aren t any differnces they are all 5 mm outer diameter with steel end caps. Apart from hydraulic brake hoses of course but that s a different matter. After cutting the compressionless gear housing inspect the end to see if it flattened a bit. Hold cable or housing perpendicular to jaws and squeeze levers quickly for a clean cut as seen below.

Cold forged heat treated steel handles for strength. If the ends of the cable housing is not nice and even it can be compressed by the tension of the cable. Built in crimper for cable end caps and forming hole for reforming housing ends and housing ferrules. Precision ground cutting jaws for a clean cut on every cable.

Jagwire pro cable crimper cutter. 5 0 out of 5 stars 2. 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. 4 5 out of 5 stars 90.