[CR] Subject: Removing stuck derailleur cables from shifters - advice sought

(Example: Framebuilders:Rene Herse)

Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:48:09 -0800
From: "Al Knoll" <anasasi@gmail.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Subject: Removing stuck derailleur cables from shifters - advice sought


Blue wrench, le wrench bleu. If it's an all steel part with a potmetal/lead bit stuck in it. Use your blue wrench. Heat it slowly and the potmetal/lead bit will likely melt.

Le Wrench Bleu is a butane/propane torch on low.

Al Knoll
Sacramento, Califunia