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I had these type of thing on my old bike but can't see where to get them from. You can get Middleburn ones from CRC but they are quite expensive. My old bike ones were just basic black ones and cheap...
Any ideas who stocks them? I'm sure my old ones were Shimano
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£6-00 for a set of three expensive? Really? For something that could last you for the rest of your cycling life? (buy black or polished so you won't have to worry about colour clashing on any new bike you want to fit them to). It's no wonder there is no industry in the UK.
I think they are ace. I have the "expensive" ones and have transferred them from bike to bike. I think I have a load which I cant use, as they are for thinner road type cable outers and I'm a fat outer kinda guy, if you are interested..
Middleburn cable oilers are bloody brilliant. I'd never heard of them til 2 months ago, but now have them and can't believe just how much grubby goop comes out when I flush them through. A really well machined bit o kit which take the GT85 "straw" perfectly. Just mic. up you cable o/dia. Fit and use. Possibly my fave upgrade since f/suss.
Money well spent longterm methinks.They are available in 4mm or 5mm. The outers on my mtb are 4mm.
EDIT; Just looked at the outer supplied with my new SLX shifter, that measures 4.15mm, so I'd fit 4mm to that.
I believed that the different version were for gear and brake cable, as their different diameter cables.
Yes bloody brilliant piece of kit, I have some, though haven't fitted them lately as see little use for them on full length cable runs (& no you can't have em).
Again as above, it's a one off cost, so stop being stingy!
4mm - gear
5mm - brakes
It's not that I am thinking £6 is a lot, but I am sure when I bought them a few years back I got about 10 in a packet for £2 or so, and was just wondering if others are available, if its just the Middleburns I'll get them
Funky, I'm sure I've got a few kicking around you can have - drop me a mail.
I know I'm stupid, but struggling to see how these work?! Where do they connect to the outer? Is it at the stops?
No, not at the stops. Just need to split the section of cable you want to fit to and stick it in the middle - section of cable coming out each end.
They're OK, work well with interupted cables but IME nowhere near as good as a one piece decent outer and good inner, lubed up with Cable Magic. Trouble free shifting for a good couple of years.
"Where do they connect to the outer? Is it at the stops?"
I guess you could do, but I split the gear cables half way along their length. The spliced cable outers then fit in either end of the grease port thing firmly, feed the cable back through.
Thanks for the offers of sending me some. Just thinking about it my new bike has white gear cables so black may look a bit crap...may just bling up with nice blue ones (which will fit in with the blue anodised stuff on the bike)
Ah thanks!
How did I not know about these things!?
Do they actually work??
Yes they work really really well, but IME only useful if you run short length of cable between stops. On full length cable runs where getting dirt into the cable is nigh on impossible, I don't see much point.
...others disagree obviously (on the full length part)
They're OK, work well with interupted cables but IME nowhere near as good as a one piece decent outer and good inner, lubed up with Cable Magic. Trouble free shifting for a good couple of years.
I use them with continuous outer - just put one ~8" from the end of the outer by the derailleur, allowing me to blast all the crud out of that section. I've gone belt & braces and put some heatshrink at either end of the oiler too. It also means that, when needed, I'll only have to replace that 8" section of outer. Seems to have worked this winter, as I've not had any shifting issues.
I dun same as rondo. Awesome.
I think I bought mine in 1995, must have been really as they are "3D Violet". Brilliant simple item.
Just thinking... I've always just blasted out with GT85. Should I then spray WD40 in as well or am I best leaving it just with GT85?
Just use gore ride-ons and you don't need to bodge a cable maintenance system...
I think that WD-40 is really more of a moisture displacer than lubricant. GT-85 on it's own is fine. You could use WD-40 to blast out then GT-85 to add lube but a bit OTT really.
the GT85 grease might be good. I use that in shifters as it blasts into places you can't get normal grease.