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Perhaps approach a local engineering company or welder/brazer and see what they think. If they're not transferable, presumably they'd also be able to fabricate some for you.
I know that until the 40s or 50s, Raleigh used different cable-ends to everyone else, and that you could buy them separately and braze them on yourself, so I guess it's feasible.
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PM Hilary Stone - he may have something the back of a lock-up somewhere.
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Hmm. He has had some reliability issues in the past, but I've never had any problems with anything I've acquired from him. You can but ask.
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Also PM Pistoffski - you never know what he might have in his various boxes of delights.
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Fixing old barrels/ends on to a new brake cable?
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After possibly the most irritating bike fail I've ever experienced I need someone who can make bespoke brake cables.
I was applying literally the finishing touch to a period-perfect '79 Peugeot build on Saturday - adjusting a pair of NOS Mafac Competition brakes - and (here comes the dumb ass bit) accidentally cut through the straddle cable while chopping the main brake cable for length. I can't even begin to remember the flood of profanity that ensued, but it left me stuck as those straddle cables are rare as an appropriate cliche that doesn't involve a wooden horse doing a shit.
Anyway, the soldered-on ends to this short straddle cable are different - not only to each other but also to any others I've seen for a while - and I'm wondering whether I could get someone to reuse these on a new bit of cable to resolve my stupid mistake. Otherwise I face buying another pair of calipers just for the wires, if you see what I mean.
Oh, and the moral of this little tale? NEVER be tempted to play cycle mechanic after lunch at the pub. However small the job...