Mid-build and as usual I’ve a small bag of parts that I can’t remember the use of…  pretty sure they came with the shifter if that helps.  I’m also fairly sure I went through this exact thing two years ago…

So, what do I have?

I think the silver part if for attaching I spec shifter to brake

Depending on size, the metal bolt looks like a road bike Caliper bolt  and the other black items look like cable outer ends.

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Huh I thought I used all the bits to attach the I-Spec lever to the brake.  I’ll dig out the manual for that!

I’ve used “normal” cable ends at both ends.  What end do these pointed ones go at?

The black things are 2 tounges & a shield.

They go on the end of a gear cable before it goes on an exposed section to seal the outer from water ingress. The narrow bit pokes through the cable stop on the frame and the rubber bit slides over the tounge and cable.from the other side to form a seal.

If you are using full length outers you don’t need them

Aha http://si.shimano.com/pdfs/dm/DM-MBSL001-01-ENG.pdf suggests that the right most and one of the middle two are to be used if the cable has exposed sections.  I don’t have any open runs.

It also doesn’t show the leftmost part in any of the I-spec installation.

Edit – beaten to it by Phil!

Silver ‘bolt’ is to direct mount shimano shifter to shimano brake think this is ispec A

2 plastic bits with ‘tail’ are outer cable ferules

rubber bit goes on either ferule to help seal out crap.(inner cable passes through it)

Could use the ferule and rubber part at the end of the rear mech cable. Ferule should go through the adjuster, then slide on the rubber before attaching the inner to the mech bolt.

Beaten to it!!

The black rubbers are indeed cable ends that I too have a collection of as i dont use them. Maybe I should, but dont see a reason to (or know exactly how/where to put them).

Turns out the cable end with a groove and a needle end is designed to lock into the shifter.

yep, the one second from the right is the same as goes in a Shimano Road STi unit to hold the cable in the side of the shifter.