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@Bike_Destroyer
Well I'm certainly not brave enough to use the stuff on that site! If I was going to make my own cables then I'd definitely do some research into it and find the best way to solder/weld (i.e. permenantly attach the nipple to the cable) to make sure there was no chance of failure.
I'm not concerned that my current setup could fail, but I do think that they levers could ware unduly from using the pear shaped cables and it looks pretty ugly. I did consider making some sleeves for the cable nipples to sit in, but I don't want to do anything that will effect the performance of the brakes.
I'm not sure about the bikes that come with them as the only form of brake lever and the legal side of things. I'd rather ignore it and allow a good thing to keep happening!