Originally Posted by sydney
WHAT??
I guess he meant: position matters with shift cable, but not so much with brake cables. That's why compressionless housings are used for shift, but not brake. I don't say I agree, I just think that's what he meant. This being said, long housings are the pits for a) shift precision (housing compression+ deformation, friction), b) brake feel (internal friction), and c) maintenance (a gunky cable by itself is ugly, but works, a gunky cable in a long housing is a non-shifting/non braking bike).