Derailleur cable too short??
07-21-13, 06:54 PM
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Derailleur cable too short??
I noticed my rear derailleur cable was getting ratty, so I went to replace it and voila! A brand new out of the bag (old stock, actually. I bought it from Nashbar in 1987) was about 2 cm too short. What gives?
07-21-13, 06:59 PM
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What kind of bike?
1987 would have been in the down tube shifter era. Shifter cables didn't need to be as long as we commonly use today.
1987 would have been in the down tube shifter era. Shifter cables didn't need to be as long as we commonly use today.
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Then reality is that the "standard" gear wires sold today are longer than the standard wires of times past. Before controls were moved to the bars, cables only had to be long enough to reach reach D/T levers, or maybe stem shifters.
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