Campag and Shimano cables

Miles253
Miles253 Posts: 535
edited June 2014 in Workshop
I only very recently realised that Campag and Shimano cables had different sized heads, it's never troubled me before. I bought ten jag wire cables off of eBay and got one jammed in my shifter. I took it apart and removed it. Are there any good workaround so for compatibility? Good ways of making the heads smaller?

Advise please, Shimano cables are so much cheaper!
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  • cycleclinic
    cycleclinic Posts: 6,865
    no work arround. buy campagnolo cables they are the best by a long way.
    http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.
  • Miles253
    Miles253 Posts: 535
    thecycleclinic wrote:
    no work arround. buy campagnolo cables they are the best by a long way.

    I always thought Jagwire cables were well regarded, no?
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  • gozzy
    gozzy Posts: 640
    Metal file on the end. Worked a treat when my friend recently bought Shimano cables for his Campag bike after receiving poor advice from an EBC assistant.
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    4.3 down to 3.8 so not a lot of filing needed.

    (I think the cables are 0.1 thinner too)
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • Miles253
    Miles253 Posts: 535
    Ive been at it a bit with a file, and dont seem to be getting anywhere fast. any tips for making it faster/easier or am i to just dedicate some time? I dont have a vice or anything... I didn't have any issue with cable thickness, just the head.
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  • gozzy
    gozzy Posts: 640
    Ah. Ooops.
    It wasn't a metal file we used after all. Sorry I forgot, we used a bench grinder.

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