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Aero bar brake lever/brake cable interface problem

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    Robert Canon
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    I'm putting the finishing touches on my new fixie and having a small problem with the brake
    lever/cable. I'm running a Tektro aero bar lever that plugs into the end of the cow horn bar. The
    lever takes a brake cable with the barrel end rather than the mushroom end on a regular road lever.
    The cable end I got at the LBS seems a little too small for the lever and twists in the stop when
    the lever is pulled.

    Are there different sized barrel shaped ends; like maybe BMX vs. MTB? Any other ideas what's up with
    the twisting cable end?

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  2. Qui Si Parla Ca
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    rcanon-<< I'm running a Tektro aero bar lever that plugs into the end of the cow horn bar. The lever
    takes a brake cable with the barrel end rather than the mushroom end on a regular road lever.

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    Just a standard MTB type brake cable end. Connect the brake and then try to rotate the end so it
    sits where it should. The tension of the brake should keep it there.

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  3. Robert Canon
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    rcanon-<


    < I'm running a Tektro aero bar lever that plugs

    Quoted message said:

    into the end of the cow horn bar. The lever takes a brake cable with the barrel end rather than
    the mushroom end on a regular road lever.

    Quoted message said:

    <BR><BR>

    "Qui si parla Campagnolo"

    Quoted message said:

    Just a standard MTB type brake cable end. Connect the brake and then try


    to

    Quoted message said:

    rotate the end so it sits where it should. The tension of the brake should


    keep

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    it there.

    Thanks! The shop where I got the brake cable does a fair amount of BMX stuff as well... Is there a
    difference between MTB and BMX brake cable ends?

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