Originally Posted by
cxwrench
Stepped ferrule is for OLLLLD steel frames that didn't have a slotted housing stop on the chain stay. Many older frames had an closed stop w/ a hole that was smaller than 4mm, so it needed a stepped ferrule. Campy keeps supplying one w/ their cable kits.
10 speed Ergo shifters use a ferrule at the shifter end of the shift housing. 11 speed levers do not.
OK, mine are 10 speed, so I'll give them a try then. Just for shift housing and not break, right? The frame I'm using is a late 80's/early 90's Concorde Aquila and I don't think there's a slot in the stop, so I'll check to see which ferrule fits best. Just so I'm clear with what you're saying, the cable set for 10 and 11 speed from current era ergos is the same, it's just the shape of the shifters themselves that require ferrule for 10 speed and not 11?
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Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?), 1990 Concorde Aquila(hit by car while riding), others in build queue "when I get the time"