sRam Gear Cables ?

hopak
hopak Posts: 193
edited May 2013 in Workshop
About a year ago I changed my groupset from Shimano 105/Ultegra to sRam Force. Everything went well until the cabling and indexing part. For a start getting the right-hand gear cable into the shifter was an absolute swine and I've never been able to set it up properly to get smooth shifting both on the rear and front derailleurs.
Having belatedly seen the Workshop article http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/w ... rce-25902/ I now realise that I did it all wrong and am about to re-do the gear cables, inners and outers.
Last time I used a Jagwire racer kit but to be honest I wasn't too impressed when I fitted it the first time and want to use something different.
If anyone has done this themselves, any advice on the best cable/outers to use would be welcome.
Thanks

Comments

  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,923
    I use Jagwire cables with my Sram Force and the shifting is sweet.

    Could look at Gore cables though.
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  • Rod11
    Rod11 Posts: 293
    I just installed iLink housing and think it's great. There's no worries about cutting bits too short and then being scuppered, you just add in extra links and you're sorted.
  • hopak
    hopak Posts: 193
    Bought a Shimano road shift cable set.
    I found the trick to get the cable through the shifter is to take the cover plate off, hold the cable in long-nosed pliers and then push hard into the opening.
    Went in first time on both shifters.
    All I've got to do now is the indexing and then I'm off !
  • StillGoing
    StillGoing Posts: 5,211
    I just play with the shifter and eventually the inner finds the route through the aperture to the exit point.
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  • Remember SRAM gears are built to use 1.1mm diameter inners - Shimano are builtfor 1.2mm - SRAM shifters will work with 1.2mm but it's not what they are meant for.

    NoW I can't honestly say I have done a direct comparison of the two as I aways fit 1.1mm and my Apex set run lovely
    and are easy to thread never had to push the wire more then gently - are you sure yours are clean they can get pretty gunky!
  • hopak
    hopak Posts: 193
    Even when new and using the Jagwire kit it was awkward threading the inner.
    Sram recommend 1.1 but say that 1.2 works just as well and the benefit is that the cable doesn't stretch as much.
    We'll see.
  • I had a 2011 Madone 5.5 and it had Sram force on it and the frame cracked so Trek replaced the frame with the new Madone 5.9 but when i put the sram force rear derailer on and ran Sram,s cable set the cable is not long enough how do sort this
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    What's wrong with using Sram cables and outers? :?
  • Chamac
    Chamac Posts: 10
    They cost a fortune.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Chamac wrote:
    They cost a fortune.

    Then again they are meant to work with Sram shifters and brakes. That's worth something. In any case everyone spends mega dollars on frames, wheels, components, etc. and then skimps on cables???? What's that about? :?
  • ricky1980
    ricky1980 Posts: 891
    any stainless steel gear and brake cables will do the trick. they are all coated with teflon. Gore has some PTFE coating which is great in theory but crap in reality as the PTFE rubs off quite easily.

    find the best value stainless steel cable and some jagwire housing or other brand that has the colour scheme you want, you are sorted.

    I can't tell the difference between the Clarkes on my CAAD and the Jagwire Race on my Chinese Carbon. actually there is no difference.
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