frozen brake cable - ideas?

Sleeptech
Sleeptech Posts: 43
edited January 2010 in Commuting chat
Guessing I must have water ingress into my rear brake cable as it's been frozen solid since the weekend...

Been at it both ends with GT85 with no luck :x
Any other ideas before I broach the idea of leaving it in the kitchen overnight to thaw with my mrs...?

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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    Pour hot water over it
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

    What would Thora Hurd do?
  • Sleeptech
    Sleeptech Posts: 43
    hehe - simple when you think about it :oops:

    was concerned about getting more in there only for it to freeze worse still - will give it a go, free it up then have a go with GT85
  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Sleeptech wrote:
    leaving it in the kitchen overnight to thaw with my mrs...?

    I would leave it in the kitchen with your mrs. Her body temperature will melt the ice without the need for pouring water over it. You will get a great nights sleep, and if you set the alarm in the kitcken at the right time, you will have a fully cooked breakfast waiting for you.

    Then you get the benefit of a nice, body temperature bike for your commute.

    What a superb Mrs you have.
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Wallace1492 wrote:
    Sleeptech wrote:
    leaving it in the kitchen overnight to thaw with my mrs...?

    I would leave it in the kitchen with your mrs. Her body temperature will melt the ice without the need for pouring water over it. You will get a great nights sleep, and if you set the alarm in the kitcken at the right time, you will have a fully cooked breakfast waiting for you.

    Then you get the benefit of a nice, body temperature bike for your commute.

    What a superb Mrs you have.

    :lol:
    Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
    The Mad Monkey [2013 Hoy 003] [FCN: 4]
  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    Hairdryer
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • Alinshearah
    Alinshearah Posts: 339
    have you licked it?
  • Specialized Needs
    Specialized Needs Posts: 802
    Wallace1492 wrote:
    Sleeptech wrote:
    leaving it in the kitchen overnight to thaw with my mrs...?

    I would leave it in the kitchen with your mrs. Her body temperature will melt the ice without the need for pouring water over it. You will get a great nights sleep, and if you set the alarm in the kitcken at the right time, you will have a fully cooked breakfast waiting for you.

    Then you get the benefit of a nice, body temperature bike for your commute.

    What a superb Mrs you have.
    I'd imagine that after suggesting this the atmosphere would be frosty enough to freeze all the other cables...
  • Trailradar
    Trailradar Posts: 131
    get some new cables!
  • CyclingBantam
    CyclingBantam Posts: 1,299
    Alinshearah wrote:
    have you licked it?

    :lol: I just have visions of the result. "Oh pith"

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