Originally Posted by Retro Grouch
I usually agree with sydney but not this time. Brake cable ends are different for road and mountain bikes, but shift cable ends are the same. I use the generic slick stainless cables that come from QBP.
Actually they aren't.See what Nick Burns has to say. Quality BP cables are listed as zinc slick or stainless slick in
mtb or road Shimano are listed as mtb/road,meaning two ends. and DA or XTR, again road and mtb specific.