Originally Posted by
Dunbar
So this thread inspired me to take a look at the 9000 cables installed on my 5700 group set. Cables have about 4500 miles on them. The front cable looks like new (I don't do much front shifting) but the rear is badly frayed. Bad enough that I'm afraid to ride the bike before replacing the cable. It's worse on the middle of the cassette where I spend most of the time, and less bad on the least used gears. I'll probably have them replace the inner cable with a non-PTFE coated cable. I hope it doesn't degrade the shift quality too much. The 9000 cables shift really nicely...
Dunbar, the picture doesn't show...at least on my browser...can you repost it?
Can you explain what you mean about the cable being frayed specific to particular cogs in back? That doesn't make much sense so I presume you are referring to a particular rub point somewhere along the cable. This is hard to deduce in front where most of the DA 9000 cable fraying is reported...inside the shifter as the cable bends from entry point to laterally side ways to the shifter body.