Road & City Bike Brake Cable 15/10mm 1m80 Eroica LF0

This brake cable is the kind of part you only notice when it fails. At 1m80 with a 15/10 section, it is sized for road and city bike brake runs — enough length to trim cleanly on most vintage handlebar and frame setups. It is supplied as a steel spare, not a decorative reproduction: the kind of consumable you keep in the drawer next to your cable cutters.

What this cable is made for

Vintage brake runs eat cables. Rusted inner wire, frayed ends, kinked housing guides — these are the small failures that pull a rebuild off the road. A 15/10 steel cable is the standard consumable for caliper and side-pull brake systems of the classic era, and a 1m80 length covers the majority of road and city frame geometry without leaving a wasteful tail.

The material is steel, plain and simple — no exotic alloys claimed, no marketing dressing.

Key specifications

• Material: Steel
• Cable section: 15/10
• Length: 1m80

Fitting notes for the workshop bench

Trim square, dress the cut end so it does not fray into the housing, and pair with a fresh inner-wire end cap. Check your existing outer housing for kinks before threading — a good cable in a bad housing is still a bad brake. If you are refreshing the whole front end of a build, a vintage plastic double cable guide belongs on the same work order.

For period-correct routing on a French touring frame, budget a moment to check how the cable passes the brake bridge — that is often where rust starts on an original bike. A single cable is also a sensible spare to keep alongside your rim stock; vintage 700c rims like these Super Champion 700c touring clincher rims pair naturally with a fresh brake cable when you are bringing an old wheelset back into service.

Condition and photos

Photos form part of the description.; any major issue — rust, cracks or a bent item — is stated in the description when present. No major defect is reported on this cable.