Originally Posted by
Trakhak
Sure. Down tube shifter cables, too, back when those were standard. Working the remnant of cable out of a Campy down tube shifter was always fun.
But no one was recommending replacing shift cables semi-yearly or yearly until drop bar shifters with concealed cables took over the market.
Yes, we were. I worked at a shop that had a basement ceiling decorated with external cable brifters that stopped working - at least half had cables stuck in them that no one could get out.