Definitive reference for cables, housing and ferrules? (ends?)
08-03-19, 10:06 PM
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Definitive reference for cables, housing and ferrules? (ends?)
So I swapped a broken shift cable today (Ultegra 6800) and I have two Supersix Evos which, interestingly, have different build housings/ends/ferrules.
I live in fair-weather California so it's probably least important to someone like me, but I do thing like using a step-down end/ferrule down by the RD and prefer nylon ends when possible. (I have a mixed bag of so many ends/ferrules, I suspect a noob would pass out).
Just curious if there's a definitive source to see where someone like Shimano, for example, says you should use which housings/ends/ferrules in which locations if it matters at all.
????
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I live in fair-weather California so it's probably least important to someone like me, but I do thing like using a step-down end/ferrule down by the RD and prefer nylon ends when possible. (I have a mixed bag of so many ends/ferrules, I suspect a noob would pass out).
Just curious if there's a definitive source to see where someone like Shimano, for example, says you should use which housings/ends/ferrules in which locations if it matters at all.
????
TIA
08-03-19, 10:25 PM
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Welcome to the world of bike parts. There are some sorts of standards (excluding the SRAM and Shimano that fall back onto their cable systems) in fitting cables but each manufacture plays with the small details for their performance/marketing advantages. There's no cable end cap police. Andy
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I would recommend only using metal ends on brake cables, I do not trust the plastic ones to hold up under braking pressure.
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