Showing posts with label bike cables and housing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bike cables and housing. Show all posts

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Sunlite Lined Bicycle Brake Cable Housing - Green Review

Sunlite Lined Bicycle Brake Cable Housing - Green
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The inner liner seems smooth. The outer coating may not be toughest, it cuts and peels easier than others I use. When I grind the cable cut to square the end using a rotary grinder, neither the inner liner nor the outer coating melt easily, this is a great bonus! The brakes feel positive, not squishy, using this housing.
Some brands of housing cut clean and the inner spiral seems to "snap", other brands cut with more of a tearing and bending of the inner spiral. This brand has the bending sort of cut, and needs to be finished with a file or grinder to remove the bent cut. Trimming the bent cut with a diagonal cutter, easily cuts the outer casing and pulls off more than usual material. Grinding and filing is easier with this than some other brands, and is easy to bevel. The outer coating is not as tight on the inner spiral as some brands, so care and caution is needed when capping with a ferrule, not to accidentally peel the outer casing from the spiral.
It probably should be 3.5 star quality (probably fade soon but it's too early for me to know that for sure), but the color is great, and the feel is actually really good, and at the price, it should be 5 star value, so that is why I gave it 4 stars.

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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Shimano STI shift-boss barrel stops, flat pr Review

Shimano STI shift-boss barrel stops, flat pr
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You need these to convert from downtube shifters to something more modern. I never felt safe reaching down all the time to shift. When coming to a stop i'd often avoid downshifting to a low gear because of this, thus having to be in a high gear out of a stop. Used only one on my 1994 TREK 1220 road bike, for the 7 speed rear. Put a trigger shifter "Shimano STX/Alivio Rapidfire Plus 7-Speed Shifter" on the 7/8"(22.2mm) quill portion of my stem, the shifters mounting bracket can be losened and swiveled to work this way. I left the front chainring as friction shift as the 3 speed indexed trigger shifter didn't seem to match up well enough not to be problematic. I hardly shift out of the middle chainring anyhow. Both of these cable stops have adjustments for cable tension. Highly recomend this product.

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CS50 shifter boss conversion for STI shifters with barrel adjusters. ST74 shifter boss conversion for STI shifters with barrel/lever. Choose for concave/convex or flat mount surface braze-on boss.

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Saturday, December 31, 2011

XLC Brake Cable & Housing, Universal Black / Lined Review

XLC Brake Cable and Housing, Universal Black / Lined
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These cables and covers are very reasonably priced. Much cheaper than my local Bike Shop (same cables). Delivery was very quick for "standard shipping". Just make sure you are cutting off the correct end.I cut the cover down to the correct length with a thin drill mounted metal cutting blade.I would recommend the crimp-on tips for the cut end of the cable.You will want to install them after the cable is installed and excess cable has been cut-off.

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Dual ended cable fits road or MTB levers.

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