Originally Posted by
mechBgon
Authentic Dura-Ace 7900 cables are pretty trick. The shift cables have a full-length PTFE coat, and the brake cables have a PTFE coat on the part that's under the bar tape. If I had a DA or Ultegra setup, I'd stick with the Dura-Ace cables and housings.
That might be the case but I have never had issue with getting accurate crisp shifts using normal cabling. While I have not used DA cabling, I have run gore and nokon before. While nice in that the resistance is slightly reduced, it was not by any means ground breaking or performance boosting.