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06-03-02, 07:47 PM
Check out this review from the July issue of Bicycling magazine.
They rate it four stars (why not five?) for Nokon brake and derailure housings.
Let's see, $55.00 for shifter housings times two is $110.00 plus two brake housings at $50.00 each is $210. Oh, don't forget 7% sales tax... comes to $224.70. "Would you like some brake cables to go inside those housings, sir?"
You are saving four grams of weight over standard cable housings which proves that 'less IS more'.
Of course, Bicycling magazine reassures us that "Greater braking power and crisper shifts justify the increased cost"...
Am I out of touch, or does that seem like a lot of jing for cable housings?
They rate it four stars (why not five?) for Nokon brake and derailure housings.
Let's see, $55.00 for shifter housings times two is $110.00 plus two brake housings at $50.00 each is $210. Oh, don't forget 7% sales tax... comes to $224.70. "Would you like some brake cables to go inside those housings, sir?"
You are saving four grams of weight over standard cable housings which proves that 'less IS more'.
Of course, Bicycling magazine reassures us that "Greater braking power and crisper shifts justify the increased cost"...
Am I out of touch, or does that seem like a lot of jing for cable housings?