On Fri, 10 Jun 2016 13:02:15 -0400, Leon Fisk
wrote:

On Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:29:10 -0400
Ed Huntress wrote:

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The last time I did this, for my wife's bicycle, was maybe 25 years
ago. I didn't try to put a strong fitting on the end. I just applied a
drop of epoxy to keep the cable from unraveling and clamped it in the
derailleur.

An old spoke nut is commonly used to crimp on the cable end to stop
fraying. I've used small electrical crimp-ons too...

The spoke nut sounds like a good one. I'll try to remember that.

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Ed Huntress