gear cable question

imsimon
imsimon Posts: 181
edited March 2013 in Road general
Quick qustion that I have been able to figure out for myself! I'm just fitting new cables. I choose jagwire racer in black. I wasn't expecting the actual inner cable to be black but that's fine. When fitting one of the gear cables I managed to ruin the inner wire by fraying it so I neeed one new gear cable but I can only seem to find stainless steel inner cables. Anyone any idea where I can get a black innercable? Cant even see one on ebay. Although I hope somone can prove me wrong

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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,359
    a quick google finds...

    http://www.woollyhatshop.com/Cables-Gea ... _4763.html

    ...there are undoubtedly other places you can get it from too
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • imsimon
    imsimon Posts: 181
    Thank u I found these but can u confirm gear cable is the same for road and mtb??? If so great I found that type at 6quid elsewhere. Cheers
  • crankycrank
    crankycrank Posts: 1,830
    Actually there is no need to buy the black cable. It's supposedly Teflon coating which will wear off anyway. The road version uses a 1.1mm cable and the coated and uncoated will pretty much function the same.
  • imsimon
    imsimon Posts: 181
    Ahh I see so a couple ofquid cable will do the trick
  • ricky1980
    ricky1980 Posts: 891
    get stainless steel ones obviously
    Road - Cannondale CAAD 8 - 7.8kg
    Road - Chinese Carbon Diablo - 6.4kg
  • imsimon
    imsimon Posts: 181
    ricky1980 wrote:
    get stainless steel ones obviously

    I've ordered some stainless steel superslick javwire. Cost me about £3delievered

    Thanks for your help

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