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Description:Bullet-proof Kevlar® mesh renders our compressionless Flak Jacket cable housing lighter, more flexible and impervious to thrashing. Ultralow-friction Teflon® coated cables make for smooth, effortless control. And the Shield-Lock liner slip over the Shield-Lock ferrules to seal the entire system from mud, grit and grime.
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Submitted by
joel
a Weekend Warrior
from uk
Date Reviewed: April 29, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | cable completely sealed off from the elements, very stiff outer | | Weaknesses: | very stiff outer. | | Similar Products Used: | | | Bike Setup: | whyte 46 | | Bottom Line: | As stated these cables are Thick!
You need sharp cutters before attempting to fit them. Once cut, I bent the outer by about 90 degrees between my fingers, this caused the wires running down the cable to poke out of the end. I then filled these back, and when I straightened the outer they disappeared back in to the sheath. I have had no problems with these cables and can only think people are leaving them too long, as when they flex the inner is trying to push out of the end, cutting them a bit shorter will allow them to flex and slide in to the ferrules. I had enough cable and outer in my kit to do the whole bike with some left over
The only problem I have encountered on my bike is that I have a hinged drop-out on the rear, and the outer is so thick/strong it will not "kink" as the bike would like it to. I would also recommend some sticky pad protection where the cables may rub as the outer is very thick and could damage paint work
I would definitely buy these cables again given the choice | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daniyar
a Weekend Warrior
from Tucson, AZ
Date Reviewed: March 18, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | | | Strengths: | Smooth | | Weaknesses: | Hard to cut, plastic sleeve started cracking after only 6 months, and most importantly, metal wire in this so called compressionless housing started poking through the ferrules that were supplied with these cables. | | Similar Products Used: | | | Bike Setup: | | | Bottom Line: | This is by far the worst cable I have even used, and has to be the worst product made by SRAM. At the very least they should have supplied steel ferrules so that they wouldn't brake under pressure from the housing. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
doug baker
a Weekend Warrior
from UK
Date Reviewed: December 30, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Kiroughtree | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | None! | | Weaknesses: | As other reviewers have found,Cable outer pulls itself apart.
Cheap red "sealing system" that doesn't work. | | Similar Products Used: | Gore - Bring em back! | | Bike Setup: | | | Bottom Line: | Must be some kind of inconsistency in manufacturing because these seem to work for some people, but Avid need to sort this out. Just wasted 23 hard earned english pounds, as these cable outers just pull themselves apart within a ride. Have been fitting cables for 15 years... like everyone else here i know how its done - this is definitely a fault with the product.
Really badly conceived and constructed product, shouldn't be for sale.
Don't even deserve 1 flaming turd. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew Bass
a Cross Country Rider
from Albury NSW Australia
Date Reviewed: October 30, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | Chain Reactions | | Strengths: | It looks cool. | | Weaknesses: | Just like all the other bad reviews the inner wires came out of the ferules and the result was inconsistent shifting. I used a brand new park tool cable cutter. | | Similar Products Used: | I replaced the cables with Shimano XTR and the shifting is perfect | | Bike Setup: | Giant Anthem 0 (2007) with Sram XO | | Bottom Line: | I read the reviews after purchasing the product and would not have done so. Sram should take the flak jacket off the market. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alex
a Weekend Warrior
from Rochester, NY USA
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Hunter's Creek, Ellicottville etc | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$36.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | Excellent ferrules and outer shield system.(though I wish red wasn't the only color..clear or black, and sell the ferrules and shields seperately! please!) | | Weaknesses: | As other reviews described, the inner shield wires migrate out of the inner tube and jam into ferrules. Also had a piece of the inner teflon sleeve migrate into the rear derailler shifter pod housing!! I too thought this was a fluke and reinstalled sections after carefully trimming and opening the inner sleeve etc, I use Shimano pro cable cutters...but after 3 times I've had it. Too many ruined rides from bad shifts at the worst times! Enough! I switched to using some housing that came with XT pod shifters with the Avid ferrules and red tube system and this combo has been trouble free. I don't hose the bike down, I let mud dry then brush off or use damp rag. Have ridden in rain and still the tubes are clear. The Turner's cables run on top of the top frame tube so are exposed to everything (but still a better place than on the front of the downtube!) | | Similar Products Used: | XT, Gore back in the day | | Bike Setup: | 04 Turner Burner, Mavic Crossmax ST's, hayes discs, XT pretty much everything else, Marzocchi Marathon S-eta fork, SS eggbeaters | | Bottom Line: | I installed several cable sets to date, this is the first one to have these stupid issues of repeatedly migrating inner wires. The outer 'woven' wires are fine, it's the non-bonded 22 ga. wires which surround the teflon cable tube that are the problem! The Gore were the best even with the crazy 'creaking' noise they made...somebody re-issue them or fix the Flak inner jackets! I'm a reasonable guy but this is the definition of a 'defective' product. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Michael Spugnardi
a Cross Country Rider
from Grand Forks, ND
Date Reviewed: July 1, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Maah Daah Hey | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$17.00 | | Purchased At: | Online retailer | | Strengths: | As easy to install as any cable set with the added advantage of keeping out normal grit and grime. | | Weaknesses: | | | Similar Products Used: | | | Bike Setup: | | | Bottom Line: | A great cable set for both brakes and shifters. I've been using them problem free for over a year and have no complaints. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rogier
a Cross Country Rider
from Amsterdam-The Netherlands
Date Reviewed: May 19, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Roc d'Azur | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | internet | | Strengths: | Black | | Weaknesses: | Durability, protection against dirt, merely everything I guess... | | Similar Products Used: | Gore Ride-On, Mudlovers | | Bike Setup: | Ridley XT Skareb MaguraHS33 | | Bottom Line: | Well, this was a once-and-never-again experience!!! What a crappy cable system! Only the mounting was OK, but then my worries about the cheap plastic BRIGHT RED cable covers became true: they absolutely do NOT keep the dirt out of the cable system (and after Gore-experience I know this is possible...)
Moreover, every two weeks you have to adjust your gears (if you're lucky), because the cable housing starts changing dimensions due to some of the steel wires that start sticking out of the cable housing looking like an umbrella that did not survive a storm. I first thought I did not cut the cables properly or that I did not put the end cap on the cable housings, but the problem keeps occurring after installing new cable housings for three times already! (I use a Park Tool cable cutter which never gave me trouble with installing any other cable set!)
I'm heavily disappointed and now consider buying either XTR or SRAM cable set (unfortunately, Gore has stopped producing the übergreat Ride-On series!). Boys and girls, save yourselves some misery and DO NOT BUY THIS CABLE SET!!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt Daily Commuter
a Cross Country Rider
from Lost in Oklahoma
Date Reviewed: April 11, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | "The Secret Sulfur Trail" - Don't Ask ! | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA, Ebay, LBS, etc... | | Strengths: | Solid design, hard to wear out. | | Weaknesses: | Unskilled riders who do NOT | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano, Jagwire, QBP generics | | Bike Setup: | Several, most custom/hand made, SS MTB with avid mech disks, Surly 1x1 DAILY commuter. | | Bottom Line: | If you use the right tools and FILE THE HOUSING END AFTER YOU CUT IT, and SMOOTH OUT THE INNER OPENING BEFORE YOU STICK A CABLE INTO IT, it works fine. NO ISSUES. Cables are very attractive and bomb-proof. My objetion to almost all of these bad reviews is the lack solid, correct install proceedures. YES XTR/DURACE cables are EASIER to cut and install but keep in mind you are trying to cut KEVLAR (Bullet proof vests anyone), you just can't "melt the ends or trimthem with out some fraying, period. I USE THESE CABLES ON ALMOST ALL MY BIKES AND I RIDE EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH NO ISSUES ! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
RF
a Weekend Warrior
from NJ
Date Reviewed: March 30, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$ | | Purchased At: | 19.00 | | Strengths: | Seem to work good (for a while) look nice | | Weaknesses: | inner cables split causing binding. | | Similar Products Used: | generic cable housing with teflon lining (better) | | Bike Setup: | | | Bottom Line: | This is a follow up to my review (a few down, my name is Ryan)
I thought these cables were awesome, untill the winter came and I took my bike apart for a good cleaning. I even bought another set of flak's for my new bike. Then I found out the ends were 'fraying' and I couldn't even re-install the housings. This seems like it is a common problem. SRAM why don't you fix these? they would be an awesome cable set if they didn't come apart. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a Cross Country Rider
from NJ - Monmouth
Date Reviewed: January 1, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | web | | Strengths: | Exposed cable sleeve, nice amount of ferrings | | Weaknesses: | Jacket wires WILL NOT stay in place, they creep out and cause endless trouble | | Similar Products Used: | XTR housings | | Bike Setup: | | | Bottom Line: | I used these cables for almost a year and loved em! Never had a problem. After a year of very regular use I started to notice a little trouble shifting. No problem, you should change your cables at least once a year anyway. I liked em so decided to buy them again. The second time, after only a few rides I noticed the inner lining wires start to poke out all over the place. I used the caps that came with the cable and installed them to same way as my first pair. Over the next few weeks I had to replace a few sections of the cable and was pretty much cursing the cables every ride. I finally gave up and purchased XTR cables. I don't know what happened between my first set and my last, but I cant trust these cables enough to suggest them again. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul
a Cross Country Rider
from Colorado Springs
Date Reviewed: October 19, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | CT - Kenosha to Breck | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$26.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson | | Strengths: | The brake cables work fine. | | Weaknesses: | The gear cables are terrible. The cable housing sections that have sharp bends -- that is, from the shifter to the frame, and to the rear derailleur -- self destruct. The wires in the housing work loose and start poking out the ends, causing binding and no end of frustration. I thought it was a fluke that I had problems with these, but a buddy of mine had the exact same problem. Now that I have read the other reviews I find I am not alone. Sigh... | | Similar Products Used: | | | Bike Setup: | | | Bottom Line: | Why pay a premium for a product that will drive you crazy? Save yourself lots of frustation; don't buy the gear shifter cables. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Terry
a Weekend Warrior
from Durham
Date Reviewed: October 5, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | Chain Reaction Cycles | | Strengths: | Good for about 2 months. | | Weaknesses: | Very dissappointing. Thought it was just me, but these did not last long at all and gave me lots of problems with keeping my gears indexed. Hopeless in the UK muddy winter conditions.
Ride-On Gore-Tex were the bees knees, but these seem to have been discontinued much to my dispair, so I will switch to Shimano XTR. | | Similar Products Used: | Rode-On Gore-Tex
Clarks (rubbish also)
| | Bike Setup: | | | Bottom Line: | Custom build Kona hard-tail.
Custom build Giant VT 2004. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
gez mason
a Cross Country Rider
from england
Date Reviewed: September 10, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | chocolate pudding | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | crc | | Strengths: | look very impressive. feel very smooth when first fitted. | | Weaknesses: | metal inners are faulty causing quick failure. | | Similar Products Used: | nothing this bad. | | Bike Setup: | spes enduro expert. | | Bottom Line: | I must be a real mug because when my first set failed i put it down to bad cable cutters so i bought a second set after 3 months and park tool cutters and they've failed again.When initially fitted they have the lightest feel of any cable i've tried, however after only a few rides round my trails the ghost shifting started accompanied by stiff action.Apon taking things apart for the second time to my horror about 60mm of the inner wires had come out on two of the rear mech sections and the mud does get in but gets "sealed in"!! Do not buy these cables, they should be banned and as another guy on here suggested Avid should refund all failures. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan Ferraro
a Weekend Warrior
from North Jersey
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | Product works exactly how it is supposed to. Looks neat. | | Weaknesses: | None really, as mentioned before the "coctail stirer tubes" should come in diffrent colors. | | Similar Products Used: | Stock cable housings | | Bike Setup: | Good stuff, custom built. | | Bottom Line: | I read the reviews before purchasing, and decided to buy them anyway. I figured I would give them a try. When I installed them, I decided to put electrical "shrink tubing" where there was any connection or splice, it seems to work perfectly, so far none of the tubes have budged. Also covering with shrink tubing solves the problem with the red tubes, I covered the entire tube so it is now black. You can get shrink tubing in other colors also. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bill
a Cross Country Rider
from Dearborn, MI, USA
Date Reviewed: July 16, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$22.00 | | Purchased At: | PricePoint.com | | Strengths: | The Kevlar Mesh housing looks really cool, and the "shield lock" prevents dirt from entering the cable housing. | | Weaknesses: | THE WORST THING ABOUT THESE CABLES/HOUSINGS IS THE CABLE RUB!!! I use mechanical disk brakes and the cable rub on my head tube going toward my front brake is friggin' terrible! I installed these cables/housings on my new Jamis frame about three months ago and already my poor frame is scared for life; right down to the aluminum.
The cable/housing kit is a bit expensive compared to XTR; also it's a little harder to cut compared to other housing. I used a dremel tool to ensure a clean cut, which worked well. The included "cable" seemed rather cheep to me, it frayed really easily, which isn't cool seeing that this cable/housing set costs more than XTR cable/housing.
| | Similar Products Used: | XTR Cables and Housing | | Bike Setup: | Jamis Dakar XC Frame, Manitou Elite Black Forks, Fox Float R Rear Shock, Mavic XC 717 Rims, Shimano XT Disk Hubs (front & rear), Old School Shimano XT Crank, Shimano XT ES71 Splined Bottom Bracket, Speedplay Frog Pedals, Shimano XT Front Dérailleur, Shimano XT Rear Dérailleur, Shimano XT 9 Speed Shifters (front & rear), Shimano XT 9 Speed Cassette, Shimano XTR/Dura-Ace 9 Speed Chain, Avid BB5 Disk Brakes (front & rear), Old School Avid 1.0 Brake Levers, Cane Creek Headset, WTB Laser V Saddle, Avid Flack Jacket Housing/Cable (shift & brake) | | Bottom Line: | BUY THE XTR CABLES & HOUSING!!! Don't waste your time with these guys. They do look cool, and they do prevent trail grime from penetrating into your housing, but the XTR cables/housing are much, MUCH nicer! Plus, if you value your fame, or should I say if you value the paint on your frame, use housing with a less abrasive coating. The included cables are cheep and fray easily, and this setup is a bit more expensive than the XTRs. One good thing about this set, if I remember correctly, is that the housing included is slightly longer than that of the XTRs... at least that's what the sales rep at Price Point told me, which bumps it up to a value rating of 2 chilis. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Erik Zimmerman
a Cross Country Rider
from SLC, UT
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | the crest | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | REI | | Strengths: | Good looks, sealed system | | Weaknesses: | high price, poor quality | | Similar Products Used: | shop stock housing | | Bike Setup: | 03 Enduro, PIKE, RP3 all else pretty unexciting | | Bottom Line: | After reading the reviews, I thought I'd give them a shot and hope for the best. The first week or 2 they were great, "silly-slick" as the box said. The the drama began. The wire supports began to push out at every end in any section of housing that had any degree of bend in it. It pushed out into my shifter internals, out through my rear derailleur gasket, everywhere. I'd take it apart, clip it down and hope for the best, only to be denied any shifting capability whatsoever in about a week. I've installed many cable systems, using housing a sixth of the price. I don't want to hear the "you don't know how to wrench argument". Bottom line, stay away from this housing system. Do not fall prey to the allure of the Kevlar bling factor!!!! Only one flaming turd for you, Flak Jacket! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a
from Western Massachusetts
Date Reviewed: June 28, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | bluesky | | Strengths: | They do just what they are supposed to, keep dirt out of your cables, and do not compress your cables. | | Weaknesses: | None so far. Not a weakness but it would be cool if the (cocktail stir) came in different colors. | | Similar Products Used: | shimano | | Bike Setup: | Schwinn sram X.9 shifters + derailleur, vanilla rlc forks, vanilla r rear shock, FSA v-drive megaExo cranks, XT hubs BB7s front, and back | | Bottom Line: | Bottom line is these are great cables that are a huge improvement over stock cables.
A few people have had problems with the housings, but a lot of people havn't. If everyone had a problem I would say the cables were at fault, but since it is a few people with the problem, I tend to think something was not done properly when they were being installed. possibly the cables were not pushed far enough into the furrels.
whatever the case may be.. mine work perfectly, I have had 0 issues with them, would reccomend them, and will get them again when the ones I have wear out. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe
a Racer
from Madison, MS
Date Reviewed: June 2, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | | | Strengths: | Very smooth shifting. Cable protected from elements and sweat. | | Weaknesses: | Poor design of cable housing. | | Similar Products Used: | Ride-on, Delta Aztec | | Bike Setup: | Giant NRS, mostly XT with Formula B4SL disc brakes, SID Race(yuk), Hutchinson Pythons on Speed Dream wheels using Stan's No Tubes. | | Bottom Line: | These cables work well right after they are installed but, and its a bid butt, the housing material slides over the wire reinforcement. This caused several problems. First I lost all shifting to a smaller ring on the front due to the wire getting stuck in the lumen where the cable is located. I had to use both hands and both feet to get the wire out of the housing. Not realizing at the time that this would happen on the rear I did not change the housing and went to a race. All through the race my rear shifting slowly got worse until I became reluctant to shift as often as I like and ended up blowing in the last lap and losing two places. After the race I took the rear cable apart and noticed again that the housing was contracting causing the wire to stick out of the ends. It did not get stuck on the rear but I lost shifting. That was enough for me so I replaced the Avid housing with some plain Shimano shifter housing but continue to use the tubing that covers the cable itself. So far this is working but it really is no longer a complete Flak Jacket set up.
Ps: If any of you are wondering, I have installed cables many times so I know what I'm doing. I also use a Park housing cutter.
Peace. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan
a
from Oregon
Date Reviewed: May 31, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$29.00 | | Purchased At: | | | Strengths: | Much easier to install than lego style housings. Still silky smoother after two years of extreme mud, water, dust... Never needs adjustment. | | Weaknesses: | Costs more initally than unsealed cables and takes 5 more minutes to set up, but both cost and time savings will be rewarded back over time. | | Similar Products Used: | Gore, Nokon, Shimano Slick Stainless | | Bike Setup: | | | Bottom Line: | I have put these on several bikes and have not had one problem. I have never seen them as a problem on any of my friends bike either. They make shifting so much smoother for so much longer than unsealed systems. These cables rock. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Deno
a Cross Country Rider
from Michigan
Date Reviewed: February 26, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Yo Momma's | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | Breakaway | | Strengths: | Looks great and holds under all conditions. | | Weaknesses: | Not the easiest to install. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano | | Bike Setup: | Homegrown hardtail, Pushed Fox f80, Mavic Crossrides, WTB Velociraptors, XT 8 speed components, Onza Ti pedals, Easton Monkey Lites, Yeti grips, Thomson post, Selle Italia seat. | | Bottom Line: | Awesome product...I rate it a buy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jorgex
a Weekend Warrior
from Almada, Portugal
Date Reviewed: January 28, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | -extremely low maintenance
-perfect shifting
-low price | | Weaknesses: | | | Similar Products Used: | standard cheap cables, gore ride on, nokon cables | | Bike Setup: | Giant Escaper'92 (hardtail), SRAM rocket with deore(f) and XT(r) | | Bottom Line: | Great shifting under all weather conditions unless there's mud in your drivetrain.
With this product i forgot how to maintaince my derailleurs.
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Submitted by
Jorgex
a Weekend Warrior
from Almada, Portugal
Date Reviewed: January 28, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | -extremely low maintenance
-perfect shifting
-low price | | Weaknesses: | | | Similar Products Used: | standard cheap cables, gore ride on, nokon cables | | Bike Setup: | Giant Escaper'92 (hardtail), SRAM rocket with deore(f) and XT(r) | | Bottom Line: | Great shifting under all weather conditions unless there's mud in your drivetrain.
With this product i forgot how to maintaince my derailleurs.
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Submitted by
Jeff
a Cross Country Rider
from Rocky Point
Date Reviewed: December 29, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | fairly easy to install. very cool looking. basically eliminates cable trouble/maintenance. | | Weaknesses: | none so far. | | Similar Products Used: | stock generic cables/housings. | | Bike Setup: | '99 Trek 8000, EC70 flat, thomson stem/post, Fox F80X, Sram XO triggers, Avid S.D. V's, Sette carbon barends, King headset, Bonty FS10 saddle, XTR hollowtech, XTR FD, XT cass, Sram XO RD, Sram PC99 Hollowpin, 'beaters, Bonty Mavericks and Revolt ST2s, LX hubs | | Bottom Line: | i am very happy with this product. well worth the money and will buy another set for the next frame. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
LarryB
a Cross Country Rider
from Pennsylvania
Date Reviewed: December 16, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | | | Strengths: | None that I can tell | | Weaknesses: | Fist I'd liekt o say I know how to install cables. These cable housings have a very disurbing problem where the wires that make up the structure of the housing start to slide out. They slide out of both ends of every section. It happens less so on the straighter sections. I found one wire wrapped all the way around the shifter! Yeah, I let it go for a while but when I took them off for inspection, I never expected what I saw. It's an obvious defect in workmanship and after reading these reviews I can see it's really a faulty product in general. I'm surprised they've gotten away with it this long and I'm surprised it is still on the market. I Can you say "class action"? One of you riders out there must be a lawyer. Start lawyering up! | | Similar Products Used: | Generic cables and you know what? They work a hell of a lot better. | | Bike Setup: | They're cables and I maintain my bike. Remember, these cables are supposed to reduce maintenence. | | Bottom Line: | They blow chunks. Spend your money elsewhere. I'd give them 0 flamin' chilies except that there's no 0 chili option. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan the Man
a
from WA
Date Reviewed: November 26, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$ | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | They work and just like several have stated ITS HOW YOU INSTALL THEM THAT MATTERS!! | | Weaknesses: | None - and I mean none!! | | Similar Products Used: | Every other cheap cable made and full metals. | | Bike Setup: | Klein Palomino | | Bottom Line: | Listen if anyone beats up stuff its me. I never heard of cable maintaince. I would go through cables like candy and they never worked right - yeah I know I'm supposed to lube 'em but I refuse to do that cause I have better things to do. I still refuse to touch 'em till they die. These things outlasted my last frame - that was four years of never touching them......Also once I let them stretch out a little they never seemed to stretch again.
To all those that had problems with the housing - try them one more time but make sure you let someone who you know that has a brain put them on for you.
Cables are supposed to do one thing and thats work without letting me know they exist. These do that PERIOD.
Five turdos in both catagories!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob
a
from Florida
Date Reviewed: October 16, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | Was pretty easy to install | | Weaknesses: | Cable housings - like other reviewers have stated the wires in the housing started coming out causing shifting problems - this happened wherever there was a bend in the housing no issues with straight runs | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano | | Bike Setup: | K2 razorback, XTR cassette rear and front derailuer, XT shifters, Avid mechanical discs, Truvativ stylo team cranks, easton seatpost and bar | |
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