Jagwire gear & brake cables

dirkpitt74

Guys,
need to replace the gear & brake cables on my lads bike.
Found these on ebay:
Jagwire Complete Front & Rear Brake & Gear Cable Set inc Inner & Outer
Any good?

Chunkers1980

As good as most.

I just buy some SP41 off the roll and use that with stainless cables

cooldad

This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Also known as XT outer.

CRC sell it by the metre, and always send shedloads more than ordered.

The Rookie

SP41 will only do the gears not the brakes if DP wants that as well.

I've never been disappointed in Jagwire cables and my commuter is still using the same gear cabling as 3.5 years ago on nicely salted roads, I think the Jagwire outer end caps are better than Shimano.

lawman

Jagwire gear cables are shite in my experience, masses of friction that can really be felt at the lever and they don't get any better over time. My new bike came with Jagwire cables and they were the first thing to go. Fitted SP41 outer and the difference is night and day. So much lighter shifting and they last forever.

The Rookie

Maybe they had a defect or were cheaper ones branded Jagwire for OE fit?

lawman

The Rookie wrote:

Maybe they had a defect or were cheaper ones branded Jagwire for OE fit?

Maybe so, but every bike I've seen or ridden with Jagwire cables has had a stiffer lever feel than any with SP41 cables. When that works so well and is so cheap I don't really see a reason to go for anything else.

poah

only used the overprice jagwire mountain kit and uberbike stuff which is miles better than the cheap stuff particularly when it gets muddy

The Rookie

I have found Jagwire to be just as good as SP41 and have got it cheaper off eBay than you can get SP41 so why use SP41 would be my counter comment......

dirkpitt74

Cheers chaps.
As it's my lads bike and won't be getting huge amounts of use in the winter think I'll give 'em a go at that price.

Is it worth putting anything on the cable before it goes in the outer? (beeswax used to keep the zip on my diving dry suit running nice and smooth).

Chunkers1980

In my experience from new anything will but dry will attract crap. If I'm cleaning it I'll spray and wipe with wd40

The Rookie

Chunkers1980 wrote:

In my experience from new anything but dry will attract crap. If I'm cleaning it I'll spray and wipe with wd40

Is that what you meant to say? If so seconded, likewise I'll use WD40 or GT85 sprayed onto kitchen roll to wipe the cables off if needed. Do the spraying well away from the bike (and brake discs!)

JodyP

Can anyone recommend a tool for cutting and crimping Jagwire outers. The only ones I can find are £20+ for what seem to be glorified wire cutters.

dirkpitt74

How about This BIRZMAN one from Evans £13.00

Chunkers1980

The Rookie wrote:

Chunkers1980 wrote:

In my experience from new anything but dry will attract crap. If I'm cleaning it I'll spray and wipe with wd40

Is that what you meant to say? If so seconded, likewise I'll use WD40 or GT85 sprayed onto kitchen roll to wipe the cables off if needed. Do the spraying well away from the bike (and brake discs!)

Yes, if everything is new I'll just leave it. If I'm giving them a quick service I'll just run a WD40'd cloth/paper down the length of the wire a few times.

The Rookie

Halfords do one as well, but yes, to be worthwhile it's not going to be cheap.

This BIRZMAN is delivered for the same price
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Birzman-Cable ... 234b202c0d