Gear Cable Thickness

grahamcp
grahamcp Posts: 323
edited February 2018 in Workshop
I was about to order this gear cable set to use with a Sram Red setup (from about 2009):-

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-road-ge ... nner-wire/

I've never really thought about it before but I read that apparently Sram specify slightly narrower cables than shimano (1.1mm vs 1.2mm) - news to me!

Am I best of ordering some 1.1mm cables or is there no real difference? Will 1.1mm inners work OK with standard Shimano outers?

Cheers thanks!

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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Yep. A tenth of a mm is negligible.
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  • StillGoing
    StillGoing Posts: 5,211
    SRAM will work with any Shimano cable. SOme say it is easier to thread the cable through the shifter with the narrower 1.1mm, but I have never had a problem.
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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    SRAM for SRAM, Shimano for Shimano.

    Theres a reason why SRAM make them and as they are both the same price just buy the SRAM ones.

    Work fine with Shimano outers.

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    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

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  • kingdav
    kingdav Posts: 417
    I have some Red shifters of the same vintage and worried about this prior to my build last year having read that some have had problems, but the generic stainless cables I already had on the shelf for shimano threaded through without a problem. I later had some new old stock apex shifters which came with a sram cable set and there wasn't a noticeable difference.

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