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Old March 11th 17, 01:07 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Default Shifter cables 1.1mm vs 1.2mm

On Friday, March 10, 2017 at 5:55:05 PM UTC-5, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/10/2017 4:04 PM, ixiz wrote:
I only recently found out that there were 2 diameters and about to buy a box (100). I hate to buy the wrong diameter - most of my bikes are campy 9 and 10 speeds and eventually 11.

I am about to purchase a box and split with a friend but unsure which diameter to purchase.

IS there any guides as to which cables are for what models or just get the 1.2mm and call it a day.


Do not- and I cannot emphasize this strongly enough - DO NOT
install not-Campagnolo wires into your Ergo shifters[1].

The gear wire heads of the classic era were small, as
Campagnolo uses still. The revisionist modern larger gear
wire heads (everybody else who makes gear systems) will go
in, pop down inside the lever and only come out with extreme
effort = time = $$$.

[1] Big head wires in classic era downtube shifters are even
harder to remove, an often fatal exercise.

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Andrew Muzi
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Dremel is your friend because a few quick light passes of the oversize cable head over a Dremel sanding drum will reduce the head in size so that it fits perfectly in the shifter without binding. I've been doing that with my 9-speed Mirage Ergos since about 2003 with no problems at all.

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