Copper crimps--cause it's fun, like the colored spoke nipples on the Clems? Crimps in general--cause they are easier, also faster and safer in a bicycle repair shop, cause they work and look just fine, cause you don't need to figure out correct solder and flux mixtures or strip treated or coated cables, and cause soldering offers really nothing in terms of advantages, other than, subjectively, aesthetics. Other than that, I don't get it either Solder away, mate! (Just be sure to do your spokes, too, or you lose the full aesthetic punch;^)
On Friday, January 19, 2018 at 12:09:33 PM UTC-5, lconley wrote: > > I don't get the copper cable crimps. The thing I understand least about > Rivendell (or anyone who is into bikes) is why they use crimps on the end > of cables. I have been soldering cable ends for many, many years - once you > solder it, it is done. There is no more crimping and un-crimping and > shortening or disposal of cables that have frayed from the crimp when you > need to pull a cable out. Crimping just always looks cheap to me. It took a > while to find the correct solder and flux for SS cable, but that change was > years ago. The exception to this is the 11 speed cables with Teflon - I > haven't developed a procedure yet to remove the Teflon (I haven't tried > super glue either), but only one of my 21 (22?) has the Teflon cable. > > Laing > > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
