Brake vs shifter housing
02-24-09, 10:04 PM
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Brake vs shifter housing
Is it a bad idea to use brake housing for shift cabling, or to use shift cabling for brake housing?
02-24-09, 10:12 PM
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Indexed shifting cable housings need to be compressionless. However, standard shift cable housings are not strong enough to be used for the brakes. Brake cables are also thicker and would not fit in a shift housing. Some housings such as Nokons are compressionless and strong enough to be used for shift or brake cables.
02-24-09, 10:20 PM
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