gear cables

andy610

do i have to remove the handlebar tape everytime i fit a new gear cable, or can i just use the old housing and thread the new cable through it

whyamihere

Depends. You'll generally be ok if it's decent quality housing and you squirt a bit of lube down it or grease the inner cable every so often, but if it's cheap stuff and poorly maintained, it will need to be changed out. Basically, look after it and you won't have to change it for a couple of years.

Mister W

Campag gear cables on road bikes go under the bar tape.

STEFANOS4784

But then who's stupid enough to waste their money on campag :roll: :arrow:

whyamihere

So does the new DA (and so most likely the next generations of the other Shimano groupsets).

il_principe

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

But then who's stupid enough to waste their money on campag :roll: :arrow:

Please tell me you haven't got Shimano on your Kuota? Heathen. :shock:

STEFANOS4784

jashburnham wrote:

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

But then who's stupid enough to waste their money on campag :roll: :arrow:

Please tell me you haven't got Shimano on your Kuota? Heathen. :shock:

That's what i've heard but that's what came on it, i'm poor so a grand on a decent campag groupset seems a waste of money just for a bit of tart value, it shifts beeeeaaauuutifuly, both speed wise and gear change wise, i've not owned campag but tried my mates Bianchi and hate those little thumb stick things, i'm no pro so for now it's fine 8)