Any question answered...

would gaffer tape or electrical tape do?

Or a couple of folds of ductape. I've used some evostick glue on the outside of a cut tire to fill the hole with a tape boot glued on the inside

Cheers guys, thanks a lot. :-)

Is the Park Tools CN-10 suitable for compressionless brake cables?

Park Tools' website states it's good for "hard-to-cut index housing" but I think compressionless (think kevlar-braided, linear) brake cable housing is larger than such gear cable housing.

I'd just like to invest in a decent tool to avoid botching my cables in future. :)

Is the Park Tools CN-10 suitable for compressionless brake cables?

It's what I use for compressionless Transfil brake cables, but I then grind the ends flat with a Dremel.

As well as grinding the ends flat, a friend cuts his cables with a Dremel: is a Cease & Desist Order er... in order?

Works fine, although you can melt the inner liner if you're not too careful. The park snips will snip pretty much anything you can get in the jaws.

One thing that helps with getting a neat cut is to leave some cable in the housing, so it doesn't crush

a friend cuts his cables with a Dremel

As @snottyotter says, it tends to put too much heat into the cable and melts the plastic parts.

I need one of these...

5mm wide, internal diameter 10mm. I'm having trouble finding one on SJS which is my go to place for small parts, has anyone needed one recently that can post a link?

Condor used to keep them in stock...

but you've got two already...

I cut it with a dremel and then open up the liner with a drywall screw, no friction found.

well played, I walked into that.

Does anyone have a tip to removing a stuck spd pedal with an 8mm Allen key socket and no flats on the axle for a spanner? Stuck without my usual tools so only have the 8mm Allen key and an adjustable spanner. frustrated, left came off fine. Drive side, not moving.

Checked that you are unscrewing it in the correct direction? Both pedals unscrew in the same direction - toward the front of the bike if memory serves.

*to the rear

I find it easiest to remember that right hand side is "normal" and left the opposite.

Extend the length / leverage of the hex key by hooking something over the end?

Or just bash it repeatedly with the adjustable.

The oddments box of a LBS mechanic.

Yep, handily shimano place an arrow as a guide. Will wait for my neighbour to get back and see if they have bigger hammer.

Use a socket-set-type bit and a long torque wrench/breaker bar. Normal allen keys flex too much.

Can someone point me in the direction of the thread in which people were offering some nice visualisations/graphic designs of rides? Sort of turning them into a circle representing the profile of the ride?

Cheers

Massif Centrale? Or something spelled correctly, if I've cocked that up.

Perfect, ta.