The stainless steel cable housing is what I always used in the 70's. Can't say what Campy was using in the 60's though. Tom is right about the ss cable housing rubbing the paint on the head tube. I have found that a small length of "heat shrink" tubing slid over the cable housing before installation does a good job of preventing this. Wait till after the setup is complete, then position the tubing where it needs to be and use a match to shrink it in place. Heat shrink tubing is available at electronic supply houses in various sizes and I think Radio Shack still has a variety pack containing several sizes and one of them should work. Heat shrink tubing is an expanded Teflon tubing made for insulating wiring connections.
Bill
http://www.billbostoncycles.com
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> I know the Suntour Barcons came with the coiled spring-like steel
housings, but I couldn't say what any other company used.
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> I would also mention that I found the steel housings rather spongy,
interefering with crisp shifting action. The newer style housings designed
to work with indexed shifters make the shifting of Barcon systems much
snappier. But of course the vintage appearance is lost.
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> And beware of the steel housings rubbing paint on head tubes. My Raliegh
Pro bears the marks of the steel bar con housings eroding the paint away.
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> Tom Adams, Shrewsbury NJ
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> >From: Robinson WO Richard G
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> >To: "'Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org'"
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> >Subject: [CR]Barcon shifters
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> >Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:19:51 -0500
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> >Hello,
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> > I wanted to ask what type of cable housing was used with bar-end
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> >shifters for a 60's era bike? I have a large coil of Campagnolo stainless
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> >steel derailleur cable housing, maybe 12 foot in length, that I guess may
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> >have been used for this purpose. It's the same as the housing used with
the
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> >rear derailleur from the chainstay stop to the derailleur...no plastic
liner
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> >or cover. After looking at many photos I still am not able to tell. Some
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> >use what appears to be brake cable housing and others use something very
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> >similar to the housing I have. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
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> >Regards, Rich Robinson
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> >Jacksonville NC
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