Gear cable - lube or not?

Mancunianfightingcat

Just bought a new gear cable and a full length of outer, for my Orange 5. I've changed the inner a few times already but this will be it's first new outer.

Got me wondering, do folk lube their cables if it's a full outer or just leave it be? If so what do you use, dry lube, wet lube, GT85, grease........?

Discuss........

t0pc4t

I use GT85 and a cable luber (cost me about a fiver when I used to ride motorbikes)

like this one

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Motion%20Pro-Ca ... _31077.htm

S_J_P

Try Rock'n'Roll Cable Magic. It makes shifting silky smooth 8)

Andy B

I never bothered with lubing my cables on either of my 5's

I do use a small amounts of Juice Lubes Ceramic Lube on other bikes cables though as not all of them have full length outers

Dry lubes are better as they don't attract muck, wet lubes will pull muck into the outers

ride_whenever

i've found wax is the best thing, pinch two tea-lights together and pull the cable through them.

supersonic

I use a thin coat of finishline.

Dirtydog11

Mancunianfightingcat wrote:

Just bought a new gear cable and a full length of outer, for my Orange 5. I've changed the inner a few times already but this will be it's first new outer.

Got me wondering, do folk lube their cables if it's a full outer or just leave it be? If so what do you use, dry lube, wet lube, GT85, grease........?

Discuss........

If its XTR inner then nothing.

mrfmilo

If it's cheap un-lubed outer/inner then I would lube it, but if it's something like XTXTR which is already PTFE coated, no.

santacrews

I used to use wayoxl from Halfords !

It comes in aorosol form with a straw which fits inside the outer, spray it in and it stays super slick, its a rust preventative thing for cars but it works on cables !

Any body else tried this ?