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New brake cable covers?
I'm going to swap out handlebars on a roadbike and of course rewrap the
bar tape. As a general practice good idea to change to new brake cable covers at this time? Brakes are working fine. thanks to all |
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New brake cable covers?
There are lots of different schools of thought here.
On the bikes I put a lot of miles on 3000/year, I usually swap both brake and derailleur cables yearly. On my touring bike, which generally sees 1500/yr these days, every-other-year seems reasonable to me. It's cheap insurance is a good way to look at it, paritcularly with the brake cables. As someone who actually shattered a cantilever brake bolt on a tandem one time, on a descent, I can tell you that having both brakes at all times is a good thing;-] If you don't know how long it's been, I'd swap 'em for sure. Brake cable/housing sets are really cheap. -pete "RS" wrote in message ... I'm going to swap out handlebars on a roadbike and of course rewrap the bar tape. As a general practice good idea to change to new brake cable covers at this time? Brakes are working fine. thanks to all |
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New brake cable covers?
On Feb 26, 1:43*am, RS wrote:
I'm going to swap out handlebars on a roadbike and of course rewrap the bar tape. *As a general practice good idea to change to new brake cable covers at this time? *Brakes are working fine. Is the housing lined? Yes? Then don't bother. If it's not, upgrading to lined housing will give you smoother feel. Replace the inner cable if it's more than a couple years old or corroded. Cheap. |
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New brake cable covers?
Pete Grey wrote:
There are lots of different schools of thought here. On the bikes I put a lot of miles on 3000/year, I usually swap both brake and derailleur cables yearly. On my touring bike, which generally sees Swap out at 3000 miles? Why? That seems excessive!! BTW... it's not necessarily cheap insurance if your bar wrap lasts longer than 3000 miles... one of my bikes has cotton/shellac and it's been on there for a number of years and another has sewn on elkhide covers, neither of which I want to replace without a good reason! |
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