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Shimano
XTR SIS Shifter Cable Set
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Submitted by
Tim
a Cross Country Rider
from Tallinn
Date Reviewed: February 21, 2009 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Rademar | | Strengths: | It's not enough of 3 outer cables, I had to use 2 longer ones for rear derailleur, and now I have to get somewhere 1 additional - and I have already spent enough money to this set hoping that I wont need anything. | | Weaknesses: | It's not enough of 3 outer cables, I had to use 2 longer ones for rear derailleur, and now I have to get somewhere 1 additional - and I have already spent enough money to this set hoping that I wont need anything. | | Bottom Line: | I am really disappointed. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jSatch
a Weekend Warrior
from San Diego
Date Reviewed: October 27, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Tunnels | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | BeyondBikes | | Strengths: | Good cable- very smooth
Quality housing
Dirt/Rainboots create intermediate chamber | | Weaknesses: | Pre-cut housing
Pre-cut housing
Pre-cut housing
| | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Heckler | | Bottom Line: | High quality product. Easy to set up, works smoothly. Rubber dust/rain protectors good idea- easy to slip aside and clean cable. Full length rain protectors require disassembly for the occasional dust and dirt maintenance.
Hey Shimano, get with the program; your pre-cut cable housing no longer fits a majority of bikes- it fits almost no bikes. Housing will need to be trimmed anyway, so why cut it beforehand? The 2 handlebar pieces were plenty long. For the front derailleur I needed a piece about an inch and a half longer than the intermediate piece supplied. I had to salvage a piece of my old housing. As I cut way more than that off the handlebar sections, this was just foolish. I would have preferred a single housing section from the front triangle to the rear derailleur, bypassing the rear cable stops, but again- pre-cut housing killed that idea.
I like the idea of the dust/rainboots for the Shimano setup. It creates an intermediate chamber for some dust/dirt before contaminating inside the housing where it would affect performance. Easy to clean, unlike the full length rain protectors. Nonetheless, the pre-cut housing lengths are just too idiotic to support so I might give Jagwire Ripcord a go next year.
Minus 1 chile for the housing. Everyone complains about it, Shimano has yet to listen. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
patrick
a Cross Country Rider
from colorado springs, co
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | criterium | | Strengths: | cable slides well in housing | | Weaknesses: | housing comes in 5 pre-cut sections: 2 long, 1 medium length, 2 slightly shorter medium length. For my frame I needed 2 of the medium length, so I had to go buy more housing. Why they couldn't include 1 sufficiently long piece of uncut cable I don't understand.
The dust nipples or whatever they are called are a waste, they slip right off during use.
| | Similar Products Used: | bulk cable + housing from LBS | | Bike Setup: | Niner MCR + XTR | | Bottom Line: | Poorly thought out. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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