Cable replacement SRAM Force
Looking to change the inners and outers on the brakes and gears on my roadie, whilst its off the road till spring. What are the recommendations these days ? Been looking at Jagwire, Shimano Dura/Ultrega any good ? Or cheep as chips Clarks just as decent ?
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i run shimano with polymer coated inners with my rival and red groupsets. Very smooth shifting. I tried jagwire once but it was the most frustrating job I've done on a bike. This was mostly down to the cable ends fraying. What ever your price point make sure the ends of the cables are soldered or have a dab of superglue as the threading of the cables with sram shifters can be a bugger.0
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cheers also from searching 1.1mm is the size for SRAM or does it matter. Of course the challenge once parts obtained is the matter of internal routing! However there are solutions !0
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1.1 mm SRAM cable inner is my recommendation - anything else is too big and won't fit through the shifter.
I needed to change mine last summer and it was a bugger to find the right cable - I think I ended up having to buy a tandem cable and throw the 7 yards of excess into next door's garden.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
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Let me have a look around when I get - on work pooter so can't do any copy/pasting bits.
But you are correct - SRAM 1.1, Shimano 1.2 so bigger.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Dude
Trends have got them at a fiver - TT and tandem length, so loads of excess to chuck into next door's garden.
As they are thinner than Shimano, you can use Shimano outer.
Apols: just noticed above says Trends, not Tredz. Stooped spell check.
Tredz it is. Not Trends.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Presume brake cables it would appear are standard 1.6 ? So should not be any issues their!0
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sram is 1.1mm but will fit 1.2mm shimano cables without a problem. the shifting with coated shimano cables is very good.0
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Some people say it does, others have found it not to - the initial bend required for SRAM calipers makes the difference a 'mare, both in installation and action.
But it's your bike, not mine, so fill your boots as they say.
Anyhow, if the correct cables are available at the click of a button, why bodge?Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0
