Lightweight Road Bike Cables
You may need to replace or re lude the cables periodically but that s it.
Lightweight road bike cables. Whether you re climbing in the alps or looking for the lightweight advantage on home roads these models elevate ride performance to a whole new level. About 2000 km in and no problems. The pack contains 1 8m of outer a 29cm length for the rear mech two inner cables plus all the ferrules to stop the ends from fraying you ll need to complete your bike. The addict rc 20 is lightweight road bike from scott that features fully integrated cables and is all the components you need to win your local criterium.
Lovely smooth cables trouble free. Undeniably lightweight and super refined cables but only justifiable on the most expensive. The next several rides were uneventful and the bike shifted perfectly. Replaced with new liners when i switched from steel cables to powercordz and cut the new liners to slightly longer than the adjustment barrel for full coverage.
Back at the workshop i gave the bike a thorough tune up and readjustment of all cables back to spec. Since the outers were already the right length i didn t need to fuss with actual cable length. Saving weight was a racer s primary concern in the pursuit of speed. If you live in rainy climates and or winter ride.
A worthy upgrade from the standard shift cables your bike came with. Lightweight road bikes trek s lightweight road bikes are engineered for extraordinary lightness sensational ride quality and a finely tuned balance for superior handling. Case in point the flagship climbing bike. I spray white grease into the housing put the jagwire housing end caps on slip the stainless shimano cable in squeeze the lever hard a few times pulled out the cable slack repeat and all is fine.
If you want to speed up the cable stretch break in period once they are installed on your bike grab the cables mid way along the down tube and pull down hard a few times. Very reliable affordable and durable cableset for road bikes that work a treat. Obviously we jest a bike s name matters diddly. I ve been using powercordz brake cables with ilinks.
Available at bike attack santa monica playa vista culver city los angeles. In the past finding the best lightweight road bike has been the sole requirement for a road cyclist when buying a new bike. Whether you re climbing in the alps or looking for the lightweight advantage on home roads these models elevate ride performance to a whole new level.