Very good point Mark. I've saved leftovers of Yokozuna Reaction derailleur cables, and every bike around here has those on the RD final bend.
On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 11:27:47 AM UTC-5, Mark Reimer wrote: > > One other thing to consider - the quality and condition of cable/housing. > > With friction shifting you can get away with poorer quality cables and > housing. You can also be a bit sloppier during installation. but I've found > that with indexed, particularly 10 speed or higher, and particularly with > bar-ends (if you're doing this) it is ESSENTIAL to make sure you've got > good quality housing with no little barbs/burrs at the end from cutting. > I'll often take a file to clean it up, or even a dremel, then use a needle > to open up the squished liner so there is no drag. I only use teflon coated > cables, which makes a substantial difference. > > A tell-tale sign of cable drag is perfect shifting as you move up the > cassette, but a drag when you move down and release cable tension. > > Something to add to the list to check! > >> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
