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I read that there was some sense in using limited compression brake cable outers with mechancial disk brakes.
Would it be okay to just use gearcable outer since it shouldn't compress. Anyone doing this?
M
Don't do that the cable will collapse in spectacular fashion when you pull the brakes on hard .
Won't work.
gearcable outer will be too narrow to fit your brake cable throughthe middle (try holding gear and brake inners up against each other). brake inner cable is fatter as it is considered more safety-critical than gear, and has a different knobbly thing on the head so you don't get them mixed up or fit a potentially-more-snappable gear inner in your brakes.
FWIW xtr/dura ace brake outers are, err, ace. 😀
ah okay. thanks.