Appears to be a flat bar style mech brake cable. That end seats into the lever body
SunshineInDetroit on
a brake cable for mtb levers
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Looks like the pancake head to the Schwinn stem mount friction shifter.
The cable thickened looks more like a brake cable, but bask in the 70s there was a larger cable diameter being used in both shifter and brake.
If you even see an early 80’s MTB brake cable, it had the thickness of a motorbike brake cable.
Anywho, yeah, pancake head for a friction shifter.
Feisty_Park1424 on
Simplex gear cable. Some aftermarket Sturmey Archer cables come with two ends – this one and a long thin cylinder for Sturmey trigger shifters
ckevlar on
Its an older style shift cable used on old schwwinn and sachs hurret shifters. I havent seen them at any distributors for ages. If you do an ebay search for old schwinn or weinnman cable sets you’re likely to find replacements if needed.
LustyKindaFussy on
I don’t know the specific name, but J&B sells a Sunlite cable with that end, part #14247. I’ve used it to repair vintage bikes for my customers many times.
SalvadorFolly on
You might search online sellers who sell “universal” shift cables. Pancake on one side, normal on the other.
psyentologists on
The name is Huret or Simplex-sytle, disc head. You can get them from most distributors, but I found it much easier to take a regular shift cable and flatten both side on the bench grinder until it fit. Takes ~15 seconds and saves the hassle of special ordering one of these for the $90 tune up on the $50 bike.
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Appears to be a flat bar style mech brake cable. That end seats into the lever body
a brake cable for mtb levers
Looks like the pancake head to the Schwinn stem mount friction shifter.
The cable thickened looks more like a brake cable, but bask in the 70s there was a larger cable diameter being used in both shifter and brake.
If you even see an early 80’s MTB brake cable, it had the thickness of a motorbike brake cable.
Anywho, yeah, pancake head for a friction shifter.
Simplex gear cable. Some aftermarket Sturmey Archer cables come with two ends – this one and a long thin cylinder for Sturmey trigger shifters
Its an older style shift cable used on old schwwinn and sachs hurret shifters. I havent seen them at any distributors for ages. If you do an ebay search for old schwinn or weinnman cable sets you’re likely to find replacements if needed.
I don’t know the specific name, but J&B sells a Sunlite cable with that end, part #14247. I’ve used it to repair vintage bikes for my customers many times.
You might search online sellers who sell “universal” shift cables. Pancake on one side, normal on the other.
The name is Huret or Simplex-sytle, disc head. You can get them from most distributors, but I found it much easier to take a regular shift cable and flatten both side on the bench grinder until it fit. Takes ~15 seconds and saves the hassle of special ordering one of these for the $90 tune up on the $50 bike.
There is a set that has those at Walmart in store