What are the very best non compressible brake cables.
Rebuilding the BB7 ed CX and if the cables are being replaced I might as well add decent ones. Or should I assume that the old ones have had all the squish squished out of them?

Brake cables are designed to compress. It aids modulation. Gear cables have no squish so i guess you could use 5mm gear outer. The 4mm stuff would be too narrow. I would just go with the usual Jagwire or Fibrax break outer.

Wary of gear cable, I have had it start to bulge under pressure. Not split as yet but it looked likely.

You can get very stiff brake casing that’s made for the bmx market
Also come is colours
Check out Ison/halo stockist

Avid Full Metal Jacket is about as compressionless as they come.

Goodridge do some pretty stiff brake housing.

Brake cables are designed to compress. It aids modulation.

No, brake outers do compress more than gear outers, but that’s a side effect of stopping them splitting under high load, rather than a desirable feature. Don’t use gear outers for brakes.

I have Road BB7s which I’ve always found a bit squidgy. I spent money on Avid Flak Jackets, but they didn’t make a great difference.