No, full length housing like the kind that comes on our NFEs shouldn’t be a problem at all. Honestly, you will know right away if it doesn’t work, and it’s mainly a problem on modern carbon bikes with internal routing and a very short path from the exit of the cable from the frame to the derailleur, like this.
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This stuff?
I fucking hate the slick cable. It starts fraying upon installation, so optimum performance is never experienced. I’ll take plain old cable any day. Never had a problem with it.
There’s also polished and super-polished cable without the coating. Those are real nice
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I prefer die-drawn cables over coated ones. Nothing to flake off, etc. The stainless steel ones are very nice, but even the die-drawn galvanized jawns are a big improvement over generic cables.
That’s some hard commitment to the clown vomit aesthetic.
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I’ve been holding off on buying that fabric for so long. I know two bag makers who have already used it quite well. I might have to do it for the stoemper, it will match the color pattern.
Kind of want a rando bag of that
I am a fan of them for a few uses, especially when you’re dealing with 7900/6700/5700 shifters with the terrible lever feel. I might feel the same way if I used a fancy Jagwire cable, but I don’t stock those and haven’t tried it yet, so I don’t know.
I had used a pair of the Dura Ace cables for a long time on my Elephant, and I when I recabled it and used actual Campy cables with free generic Jagwire housing, and I couldn’t believe how much better it was; so for me personally, I am done with coated cables.
Do you run Campy?
I’ve seem a discernible difference running Campy cables (better in Campy shifters, worse in Shimano).
I don’t fuck with the coated Shimano cables but I do stock the Optislik ones in bulk. We use those on every Shimano shifter with covered shift housing. Seems to be just as effective as the coated ones and no mess.
Also, has anyone else seem Campy 11 shifters start to pull the Shimano cable destruction trick?
I haven’t personally experienced this, but I’ve probably seen it ~5 times in ten years. Anecdotally, I’d say it falls in the “shit happens” category of failures, rather than massive design flaw that has been ignored for decades.
I’ve seen twice on two sets of Chorus 11 shifters in the last year. Extra weird because same customer, two different bikes.
Or maybe not that weird… shit does happen (not to Sram though, at least not in this way).
Yea, that fabric is fucking awesome
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Do you already have plans for those?
Would you make me a sickass little saddlebag or whatever the on-trend version of that is now? (tactical tool roll?)
I would like a something too
I might make some tool rolls. I’ll @ yall when I do.
Local bagiér has been using that fabric extensively and it’s taken a lot of willpower not to get something. Although splatter bike is dead now so perhaps it’s time to move on.
