Yea the "bumpiness" can be felt when using unlined housing. Or when the lining in better cable wears through. I'd be more inclined to suspect the housing more than the cable itself. But while you're at it might as well replace the cables too. I like the Shimano cable and housing best. Or if you want a color other than black or grey the Jagwire is almost as good. IMO...YMMV. Good luck Clyde Canter On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Dave Craig <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Dave > > A little more info from you might be helpful here. > > Has the bumpiness you describe always been there? Or has it developed > over time? > > When was the last time the cables and housings were replaced? Is this > a high mileage bike? > Did you or someone else recently replace the cables, housings or the > brake/shift components? > > Does the cable routing have tight bends in it? > > Usually, the kind of bumpiness you describe is from poorly cut/ > prepared housing, worn housing, poor cable routing, corrosion, dirt, > etc. It is a relatively easy and inexpensive process to replace your > own cables and housing. That usually brings about the best improvement > in performance. If you are interested in the teflon cables, just buy > one and replace the cable that seems to be the worst. You'll have your > answer. FWIW, I only run the coated teflon cables on my black bike > where I want the cable to blend with the tubing. I don't see a big > increase in shifting/braking performance over good quality, non-coated > cables. > > Dave > > On Jun 1, 11:47 am, Dave in Redding <[email protected]> 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 > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
