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If you have up and over garage doors and a cable breaks, go to a cycle
shop and buy a tandem rear brake cable.

£3 for 3 meters of teflon coated steel cable.
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If you have up and over garage doors and a cable breaks, go to a cycle
shop and buy a tandem rear brake cable.

£3 for 3 meters of teflon coated steel cable.

Nice bit of lateral thinking.
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If you have up and over garage doors and a cable breaks, go to a cycle
shop and buy a tandem rear brake cable.

£3 for 3 meters of teflon coated steel cable.


Or renew the loops on the original cable in situ with the insides of
electrical choc-block instead of crimping.
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