Nokon Outers
Hi all,
Do Nokon do specific outers for Gear and Brake cables, it seems to me from the descriptions I've found online that one outer will work for either brake or gear lines.
I'm looking to tidy up the cockpit cabling on my bike, and need something that will do tight turns so I can run the FD and RD cables under the bar tape.
Any alternative products or options are welcomed....
Do Nokon do specific outers for Gear and Brake cables, it seems to me from the descriptions I've found online that one outer will work for either brake or gear lines.
I'm looking to tidy up the cockpit cabling on my bike, and need something that will do tight turns so I can run the FD and RD cables under the bar tape.
Any alternative products or options are welcomed....
Trek 1.1c (2012) - For commuting
Trek Madone 5.5c (2010) - For pleasure http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o62 ... G_0413.jpg
Trek Madone 5.5c (2010) - For pleasure http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o62 ... G_0413.jpg
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Nokon used to do a kit with the common outers, gear sleeves and brake sleeves so externally they appear the same but the internals are different. Appears to be discontinued and Nokons website is less than helpful.
AL1 Just checked the Windwave catalogue, universal kits exist just no stock unless you want gold, pink, white or red?Neil
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Dear Nick
I have converted 3 of my bikes to Nokon around Christmas time, if you use their latest kits they are for both for brakes and gears. If you are converting both the gears and brakes you will need two kits. Each kits comes with two brake cables and two gear cables and brake liner and gear liner but not enough beads to do the outers for both in one set. It was very worthwhile nice and tidy. I used the Nokon Road or Gear cable set for Sram Red.
Hope this helps
Mrip0 -
Just ordered Gear and Brake cable kits from Nokon for sram red for the TT bike. Can I assume these are cracking quality then? Assuming by the price I kinda guessed they was, I went for Nokon as I was told the 'tighter' bends I need in the cables would be smoother with Nokon. Cheers0
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as above, the kit includes brake and gear liner, the difference is the size of the bore
powercordz sell their own liner for nokon, it's a little larger bore than either nokon liner, i find it smoother running and use it in preference to the nokon liner
with nokon+powercordz you can go shorter/sharper than with nokon+steel cablesmy bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny0 -
Not cheap but very good using either Nokon or powercordz liners, I found once installed I could go back and tweek the curves even tighter. The only downside I have found is with internal cabling of the back brake in the top tube it rattles so I have sleeved it totally internally.
Mrip0 -
Thanks for all the replies, very much welcomed.
I'm going to invest in a set for the gear cables. I'm using stock Shimano 2300 on my Trek 1.1 and only need to sort the gear cables to tidy the cockpit. Once that's sorted to my liking I'll do the brakes too.
One further question, Sungod said that you can go tighter in the turns with Powercordz over steel cables. Does this mean the powercordz and not steel, or even metal? They'd be lighter then steel then right? Are they less reliable as a result?Trek 1.1c (2012) - For commuting
Trek Madone 5.5c (2010) - For pleasure http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o62 ... G_0413.jpg0 -
Hi Nick
All the info you should need :-
http://www.powercordz.com
They are not medal, but a fibre materiel, from what I know and can see they seem reliable. I felt they were a bit expensive on top of the Nokon. Certainly for a tidy up the Nokon on its own is more than enough.
Hope this helps
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i've been using powercordz for about a year, no problems, if you look on the ww forums there are quite a few people using them
they do save some weight vs. steel, but the main thing i notice is the lack of stretch, snappier shifting, no adjustment drift
imho the only downside vs. steel is that if the outer sheath gets nicked or snagged you have to replace the cable, they're incredibly strong, but once damaged it's asking for trouble to keep on using it (i've only ever damaged one, that was due to not paying attention and routing the wrong way to the rear mech bolt, it caught on a sharp edge and after a few changes the outer rucked up and jammed)
i posted some install details/pictures here...
http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum ... 15#p812939my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny0