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fine cable strands shear pretty quickly after fatigue cycling at the clamp point. unfortunately a few bike rides can subject the joint to lots of vibration.
using a dollop of electrical contact (carbon) grease, twist the two sets of filaments together, then encapsulate in heat shrink, then using the slots at each end of a 60mm tyco cable legend holder, ty-wrap both cable outers
example cable legend (marker) holder: