Originally Posted by
corrado33
The difference is in the materials used to make them. The upper levels probably use stainless cables over galvanized ones, and the probably use nicer housings as well.
However, with that said, I always use the cheap ones because regardless of how nice they are, water still gets in there and I generally replace them every year anyway.
Really? Isn't that an overkill? Both my 1990 Schwinn Miranda (man and woman version) still have their original cables and they are still working well.