Shimano Road Gear Cable Set, Steel

this complemented the gear shifters on my wife's bike they are very nice and still working

I had a problem with my left shifter and that's cause I chose to use a cheap shift cable which made me think I needed a new shifter. What I did was lubricate the shifter and try to get as much gunk out of it and then re-lubricate it. Once I pull on the new Shimano road shift cable I immediately thought of the quote "You get what you pay for!" Duh!, Sure we've heard it all before, still our false pride gets in the way and I make mistakes, after all I'm only human, right? Well, gotta love the cable housing, very easy to cut and now my shifter works great, which makes me a very happy camper. All in well in Brooklyn again, I can go out and enjoy some of this great weather we're having now.

This was a perfect fit for my needs and I am so very happy with with it.

My kid's rear bike shifter barely moved due to wear and friction. Changing it out was rather simple, and it now shifts nice and smooth. My cons with this kit is that they don't supply enough plastic ferrules to redo both the front and rear derailleurs. I kept some of the old ferrules aside in case I also redo the front derailleur. Also, I'm a little concerned there is not enough housing length in this kit to rebuild both the front and rear on my kid's 24" bike. There was not much housing leftover from the kit after redoing the rear derailleur. I would have certainly preferred they packaged a longer cable housing to avoid that situation. I matched my housing cuts to what the bike previously had. However, I'd recommend you add all your lengths up ahead of time in case you have to use less length around the handle bar section to get by with what they put in this kit.

Recently I needed to replace the rear derailleur cable housing and cable on my full suspension mountain bike, I ordered this kit and the Jagwire kit. They were essentially identical kits, but I liked the Shimano housing and cable better for its quality and how easily the cable moved through the housing. It was also less than half the price of the other. By coincidence the housing was the perfect length and I didn't need to cut it. It's important to note that though the box says Road cables, the ends on the cables are for flat bar shifters such as those on mountain bikes and hybrid bikes.

I bought these a little more than two years ago because my rear shift cable began fraying. Two days ago, I had to replace it. I track my rides and maintenance pretty closely. The cable lasted 26 months and a little more than 5,000 miles. The area I cycle has quite a bit of terrain change due to multiple stream beds. I like to keep my cadence in the 85-90 range so I shift quite often. Given this, I am very satisfied with how long these last and I now have a baseline to know when to replace it a bit before it fails.

Genuine Shimano cables

These are true Shimano Cables with the SIS Logo imprinted on the housing tube. I purchased this as a generic replacement for rear derailleur shifter. Everything that is needed for perfect, quick and easy installation is included. Although I only have one shifter (rear), the cables are perfect. Shimano's website offers excellent replacement instructions. Replacement of my shifter cable was a breeze at about 1 hour total for the job, which also included cleaning and lubricating. The very low cost of this Shimano cable set make this a superb value. NOTE: I could not verify if the cables are PTFE coated or not and Shimano's packaging does not indicate either way. As a precaution, I covered the entire cable with ParkTools recommended bike grease as I was feeding it into the housing. This step takes an extra 5 minutes, well worth it.