Econoline said:The best cable cutter I've found is the Shimano. It's expensive but well worth it, and also cuts housing.
http://aebike.com/site/page.cfm?PageID=30&SKU=TL6025
Sorry, it's not an Eldi cutter. The absolute best is made by Felco, the F-C7. http://www.felcostore.com/order1.jsp?code=F-C7&referer=othertools.jsp and it's on sale here for $40.59. At that price it kicks the crap outta any others.ssmike said:The Shimano one is probably the best "easily available" cutter, but the Eldi cable cutter is by far better than any others. It's just really hard to find.
Yep, the Felco beats the pants off of any cable cutter ever. I've been a mechanic for 10 years. I've had my Felco for 9 and it still works better than just about any cutter you'll find on most shop benches.ssmike said:Sorry, it's not an Eldi cutter. The absolute best is made by Felco, the F-C7. http://www.felcostore.com/order1.jsp?code=F-C7&referer=othertools.jsp and it's on sale here for $40.59. At that price it kicks the crap outta any others.
The only problem with the Felco is that it isn't a bike specific tool. Meaning that there is no crimper for the cable ends. He would still have to have a second tool to do that. While this may in fact be the best tool for cutting, a home mechanic would do best with a park, pedros, shimano type tool which has this feature.smudge said:Yep, the Felco beats the pants off of any cable cutter ever. I've been a mechanic for 10 years. I've had my Felco for 9 and it still works better than just about any cutter you'll find on most shop benches.
While it may be true that the Felco does not have this feature, Shimano's cutter is not ideal for crimping cable ends. For this job a set of diagonal cutters is the best. The Shimano tool crimps the cable by more or less mashing it because the force is not in-line but off-set. Two quick squeezes with a diagonal cutter crimps the cable end the best. That or soldering the end, but who has time for soldering?ctxcrossx said:The only problem with the Felco is that it isn't a bike specific tool. Meaning that there is no crimper for the cable ends. He would still have to have a second tool to do that. While this may in fact be the best tool for cutting, a home mechanic would do best with a park, pedros, shimano type tool which has this feature.
Chris
Thanks to everyone for all input! I compared the image of the Pedro's Cable Cutter with the Felco C7 below, and to me they look identical. The Pedro's is on sale at Supergo so I will probably order one with some other stuff I am ordering any way. My Leatherman's is otherwise excellent for crimping!FishMan473 said:Aren't the Pedros cutters just a rebranded Felco? Cheeper too?
you have got to be kidding me...ctxcrossx said:The only problem with the Felco is that it isn't a bike specific tool. Meaning that there is no crimper for the cable ends. He would still have to have a second tool to do that. While this may in fact be the best tool for cutting, a home mechanic would do best with a park, pedros, shimano type tool which has this feature.
Chris