My wife’s rear brake was sticking, so she asked me to have a look. Turns out the cable was linked right where it exits the front section of housing. When the brake was applied, the kink would be pulled up into the housing, and then the kink would get wedged in the housing and resist sliding back out when the brake was released.
I’ve replaced the cable and the brake works fine, but I’m wondering if anyone knows what might have happened here and how to prevent it. Since it was basically right at the junction with the housing, maybe this can happen when the exposed cable gets banged or pulled sharply away? The cable actually looks to me like it’s been untwisted at the kink, making me wonder if it’s possible than an accidental twist or two of the cable might have somehow worked itself into a kink? Cable was installed by the shop when the bike was purchased last year, so not sure whether there might have been an unnoticed installation issue, but it worked fine for many miles until just today.
by gertalives
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Handlebar light have gotten turned around to the point where a brake lever grabbed the cable and kinked it, or it got creased by the ferrule at the cable stop. Sometimes happens in a crash or if the bike got knocked over.