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[Closed] best gear cable set for around £15 - anyone seen any good deals?

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its for a cyclocross bike that will be raced.

something like the jagwire ripcord (but a little cheaper

I have seen this which looks similar? http://www.xcracer.com/shop/viewproduct.php?productid=94


 
Posted : 11/04/2014 8:25 am
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[url= http://www.wiggle.co.uk/transfil-mudlovers-gear-cable-set/ ]Mudlovers?[/url] Little bit over but pretty good IMHO...


 
Posted : 11/04/2014 8:33 am
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Can't remember how much they were but I have some jagwire ripcord on my bike for about three years and still shifting smoothly can't rate them highly enough, ridden all year round.


 
Posted : 11/04/2014 8:34 am
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Second Mudlovers - full length inner tube to keep it sealed.


 
Posted : 11/04/2014 8:40 am
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I bought Selcof brake cables (compressionless, same idea as Jagwire brake cables) and I'm pretty happy with them. 1/2 the price of Jagwire and similar performance. Good quality cables.

I got mine from On One, ordered at 12, were with me at 10am next day.

I know that I'm referencing brake cable rather than gear but quality is comparative to Jagwire on a like for like basis.


 
Posted : 11/04/2014 9:10 am
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I've just ordered some [url= http://www.merlincycles.com/mudlovers-gear-cable-set-44739.html ]Mudlovers[/url] from Merlin this morning. Better to run fully sealed in the usual year-round filth in our part of the world


 
Posted : 11/04/2014 9:25 am
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got some jagwire racer gear / brake kit £26

going to go all out with heat shrink and rubber grubs seals

where can I get cable grub seals like these


 
Posted : 11/04/2014 2:29 pm
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I've bought the jagwire racer kits before but being a serial bike fettler, £26 a time is quite an expensive extra when changing bars.

Anyone recommend anything cheaper for a full set? (brakes and gears)

Or should I just get down my LBS and buy some off a roll like I used to do as a kid?


 
Posted : 12/04/2014 4:49 pm
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Mtbtomo - buy Shimano sp-41 in 10m rolls and use any cheap stainless inners?


 
Posted : 12/04/2014 7:15 pm
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Where's the best place to get a roll then?

I'd like to get a roll of brake cable too.


 
Posted : 13/04/2014 1:24 pm
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Get some middleburn oilers, cheap, very effective and re-usable. Truly the most unassuming piece of kit you can buy, they just work.

[url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/mobile/middleburn-cable-oilers/rp-prod3318 ]Here[/url]


 
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the clarks full outer kits from halfords are about £10 and theyre teflon coated cables fully recomend them


 
Posted : 13/04/2014 3:35 pm