Cable Cutters & Pliers
If you're going to do any work at all on your bike brakes or gear cables then you need to be completely sure of what you're doing, and also using the right equipment for the job. Hacking away at your brake cables could have disastrous consequences, so be sure to use a high quality pair of bike cable cutters to help snip the cable at the right point and do a tidy job in the process. The same goes for your gear cables, you certainly don't want them flapping around and getting caught up in the wheels, but a set of pliers or bike cable cutters will enable you to trim them to the right length and leave a tidy finish, too.