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Replacing the inner cable avoids the settling that [as off2ride said] is due to the new outers snugging into the ferrules.
New inner cable, tune the deurallier, you should be good to go!
Alternative is ride with a couple of frayed strands, especially if they are not bothering you. Chances of the cable failing are slim. Feeling lucky?

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@hozn 62781 wrote:

I have only know that to matter for derailleur/shifter cabling. Brakes just slide through behind the open lever.

^ This.

After buying my bike on CL every component came off and got the full clean twice/inspect/refresh/replace/lube treatment. Bike was on the stand with the bars on but no head spacers fitted. Carefully cut and ran the cables, then discovered that the front brake outer was too short when the head spacers were in place. Couldn’t bring myself to remove the new bar tape, so I grafted an extra few inches of outer cable with heatshrink tube. Shameful, but its been there ever since. Little white arrow marks the spot.

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Black handlebars AND pink handlebars – tres chic 😎

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@jrenaut 62762 wrote:

Is there some secret to getting a new brake cable into a Shimano Tiagra triple? I can’t get it lined up so it will go through. So far Google has turned up nothing.

This link is the source for Shimano tech docs on all Tiagra components. Assembly, setup, parts listings – they’re all there!

http://techdocs.shimano.com/techdocs/blevel.jsp;jsessionid=J2tTSh8c2TRY9Cv2VGBBHmhk9nkmQ6yLxRRPyPhZlpDQH6vMpyhv!11992080?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302051921&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395181679&bmUID=k3gOT9O

More accurately, this links to Shimano’s entire product line tech library for road & MTB group sets, pedals, wheels, tools, and more. Its the honey hole for Shimano-san.

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@baiskeli 62697 wrote:

What does that make joggers who salmon down a bike lane?

Bear snacks

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This from a fresh noob, so calibrate on that basis.
Cleats come in varying degrees of freedom to rotate. Turns out that a full-on hard man 0 degrees can be tough on tricky knees unless the cleat mount angle is adjusted to perfection. A regular bloke cleat with say 9 degrees of rotational freedom makes it easier [and more likely] for the foot to find its happy place without asking the knees to rotate in compensation. Might be worth keeping in mind when buying your black widows and matching cleats.

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