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Old 04-17-17 | 04:10 PM
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HillRider
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Bikes: '96 Litespeed Catalyst, '05 Litespeed Firenze, '06 Litespeed Tuscany, '20 Surly Midnight Special, All are 3x10. It is hilly around here!

Campy shift cables have slightly smaller heads than Shimano's and using Shimano size cables in Campy brifters can lead to a nasty jam that very difficult to remove in the future. Other than that and within a given brand, the cables are interchangeable.

BTW, if you do get a Shimano or Jagwire teflon coated cables, be sure to scrape away the coating where the derailleur pinch bolt goes. Otherwise I promise you it will slip and the shifting will get unreliable until you clean it off and reclamp.
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