Gore ride-on cables, any good?

fuzzbear
fuzzbear Posts: 112
edited May 2011 in Workshop
Need a new set of brake & gear cables & was thinking about some Gore ride-on. Anyone here use them? Any feedback most welcome..

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  • jimwin
    jimwin Posts: 208
    Gore cables got an excellent review as can be seen here...

    http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... s-11-39977

    and they have good user reviews below.

    - JimW
  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    I used to love the older gear sets - last ages - but the last set I had was the newer type and it was rubbish - went sticky in no time and I even sent it back! Maybe a bad lot but I've gone over to std Shimano cables and cablemagic lube. Just as slick and much cheaper. Just change the inner every now and again.
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    I've got a set on my Tricross and other than fitting them they have had no fettling other than adjustment for pad wear, 6 months trouble free so far.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • nferrar
    nferrar Posts: 2,511
    Well worth it, I use them on my main MTB as well as road bike. Not a whole lot more hassle to fit than normal cables but no hassle with them gunking up or needing lube afterwards. The ones on my road bike are about 10 months old now and still no signs of stickiness etc.

    They're pricey so I wouldn't ditch an existing perfectly fine set of normal cables for them but when it's time to change I'd highly recommend switching to Gore ride-on's
  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Go for Gore Professional and not the standard Gore Ride On - little bit more expensive but fully sealed.

    I'm running them on the good bike (full Red) and love them.
  • watchfire
    watchfire Posts: 174
    Excellent- clear upgrade from the standard cables supplied with 6600 shifters originally. Need adjustment for stretch but when set up right they're brilliant. I refer to the Gore professional gear and brake cabling.
    My classifieds feedback thread for reference

    http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40046&t=12946446
  • careful
    careful Posts: 720
    Gore Pro for the brakes on my winter bike. Have eliminated the problem I had where rain runs along the exposed inner (along the top tube) and then gets dragged into the outer cable. Used to have to clean and re-lube every couple of weeks. Now an annual event.
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,435
    as above, if you want to use gore, go for the professional model, it's sealed

    the standard one is ok until the ptfe coating on the cables frays, then it can get dragged into the housing and cause drag

    fwiw on my commute bike i just use standard cables, i never apply lube as in the end it just gives dirt something to stick to, i ride it year round, rain, snow, sludge, heat, no problem

    on my shiny bike, i used to have ride-on, but changed it to powercordz in nokon outer, saves weight, doesn't stretch, snappier shifting
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • on-yer-bike
    on-yer-bike Posts: 2,974
    I found that The white sheath does not go through my Campag down tube cable stop adjusters.
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  • peter101cycle
    peter101cycle Posts: 298
    Got the Professional set and they are very good - made the Sram front mech shifting much easier. The instructions provided are a bit rubbish though, thank god for youtube.
    Summer - Dolan Tuono with Sram Force and Dura-Ace 7850 CL Carbon wheels
    Winter - old faithful Ribble winter bike
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  • hondicusp
    hondicusp Posts: 168
    I tried them and wasnt impressed, they were OK but not brilliant. Basically if you could just get hold of the little rubber boots that are included in the kit it would work just as well but Gore wouldnt make any money. Much prefer Goodridge with the extended sheaths to stop water entering the housing
  • stigofthedump
    stigofthedump Posts: 331
    The most over rated and overprice 'upgrade' ever IMHO

    I had a set on my MTB a few years ago. They inevitably let in water and became stiff. The design meant that you could not easily relube the cables. These days i run a full length outer on my MTB which never lets in water and shifts brilliantly through mud sludge and rain. I change the inner every year(cost £1), which is a 10 minute job as part of normal maintanance. The outer is standard Shimano bought off the roll at my LBS costs less than £5.

    On my road bike i just lube the rear curve of the cable by uncliping it from the stop and sliding in along the cable. Oil can then be applied directly to the cable and the outer is slid back. It take longer to type than to do.
  • satanas
    satanas Posts: 1,303
    ^ Utterly disagree with this! I have a set of the (sealed) gear cables which were fitted to a DS MTB in 1997 after a muddy event where the standard cables seized and... they're still there and still working, and the bike is on its second set of shift levers. Apart from being mudproof, they reduce friction enough to make shifting noticeably easier, so fingers/hands get less tired on long rides.

    Wouldn't hesitate to recommend them, but as others have said, get the sealed version. With brake cables the difference is much less pronounced.

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