Right you are. I failed to read the original post closely enough. Probably more hype than anything, but as I recall, Aztec and Nokon claim you need to use their housing to get best results.
On Jun 1, 2:40 pm, Bill Connell <bconn...@gmail.com> wrote: > That would only apply to the housing though. The cable should work > with any sort of housing. I've used the teflon-coated brake cables on > a couple of bikes with standard lined housing, and it worked just > fine. Just a bit smoother than the good-quality die-drawn stainless > that i most often use. > > -- > Bill Connell > St. Paul, MN > > > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:34 PM, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > > My touring bike has Paul levers and disc brakes, so not exactly apples > > to oranges here. But I am somewhat soured on the Aztec cable I > > installed last year and am thinking about going back to old line > > stuff. > > > The cables shift super smooth no doubt. But the segments of the > > cables are such that I would either have to cut them too short - not > > an option in any event - or let them be to be a little too long. Even > > with a few zip ties here and there on the bike, the cable still hangs > > off the frame. I fear it is only a matter of time before something > > comes off the road and gets caught between the cable and the frame > > causing some sort of maintenance issue when the bike and I are in the > > middle of nowhere. > > > On Jun 1, 1:47 pm, Dave in Redding <dfal...@charter.net> wrote: > >> I've been considering replacing my stock Shimano cables (not the > >> housings) with Aztec or Jagwire cables. I can feel a detented, > >> "bumpiness" when squeezing my brakes and when shifting, and I > >> attribute this to the normal twist in the cables. I'm hoping to find > >> a way to achieve super smooth braking and shifting, but I don't want > >> to dive into this sort of experiment unless I know that these fancy > >> cables will actually fit in stock Shimano housing and that these > >> aftermarket cables are known to be worth the effort. Anybody have any > >> experience with doing something like this? FYI, I have a stock Ram > >> with the classic Shimano levers and bar end shifters (indexing turned > >> off). > > >> Thanks! > > >> Dave in Redding, CA- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
