Originally Posted by sydney
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.
Actually they are. Try buying one of the cables you have listed above that you think has two ends and post me back.
The only QBP shift cable that has two ends is their very cheapest generic cable. The others don't say they have two ends, they say that they will fit either road or mountain bikes. Shimano does market different cables labeled Dura Ace and XTR, but the ends pictured in the QBP catalogue sure look the same to me. Anyway, I've used up several file boxes of shift cables. They all have only the button end and I can't remember EVER needing a shift cable with a barrel end.