Cable-retaining hack for vintage brake levers.

Don't ya hate it when the ball end of a brake cable pops out of its socket when changing a flat? It doesn't happen to me often, but it can be frustrating when I'm out on the road and don't have a pair of needle-nose pliers to feed it back in. So I decided to try this before RAGBRAI:



I wrapped a small zip tie around the cable and snugged it up next to the socket before clipping off the excess. Now it rides along with the cable and discourages it from going the wrong way. I doubt I'm the first person to think of this, but I'm so pleased with the result I thought I'd pass it along. :)