Originally Posted by
The Golden Boy
Hi Gdando-
I love the build you did with that Olmo- that is a seriously classy looking bike!
There is a section on the Sheldon Brown website about NOT using shift housing for brake housing- I don't know of the braided housing makes a difference:
http://sheldonbrown.com/cables.html
In general that is correct, most index compatible housing is hard plastic, and if cracked, will lead to catastrophic cable failure.