Best Inline Cable Adjusters

mjgoodhand

Hi
I am about to pull the trigger on a new frame with internal routing and am looking at getting one or two inline cable adjusters to make the occasional adjustment when out on a sportive or long training ride.

Which are the best adjusters? I see M:Line and Jagwire make these does anyone use them?

marin_maniac

I wouldn't bother mate. I had them as they came with my Boardman.

I found them quite unreliable, and often the cable tension would creep out, so I would have to re-adjust the indexing slightly.

As long as you can adjust the indexing on the rear mech whilst at home, there shouldn't be any reason for you to adjust it out on the fly.

As for the front mech, I've found you can easily put enough tension on the cable by hand.

Having got rid of my inline adjusters, I haven't had to touch any of the front or rear indexing. See how you get on without them, you can always install them after.

Monty Dog

Extra complication - don't bother. IME properly set-up cables don't need adjustment - the fact that you're adding something this is more likely to make them go out of adjustment. The adjuster on the rear mech is more than adequate and there's nothing to go wrong with the front mech.

mjgoodhand

Thanks guys
I think I was certainly thinking not to bother with the front mech as I have never had to adjust that.

As I sometimes change wheels (between climbing wheels and aero wheels) I do sometimes find I need to slightly alter the rear derailleur. I can adjust these at home but do sometimes find when out on the road it is slightly different with load on the gears and it may occasionally slip a gear, it was more to save stopping when on route.

I had read in a few places that the inline adjusters can slip themselves which might be even more annoying!