SHIMANO PTFE Road Brake Cable and Housing Set

They work very well. Not sure how long they will last. But right now, shifting is very easy.

I've only used shimano brake cables so a bit biased. No issues. Works great

I wish they stuck in a little bit more housing in these. For a regular 2x road bike with exposed cables, it's fine, however I just did a built for a 1X road bike with unexposed cabling, i.e. where the housing goes from shifter to derailleur, and it *just* was long enough.Luckily it was 1X, I would have had to buy some more housing if I had to run a front derailleur too.Nice orange color matched the other bling on my bike. The cables are fine, as usual.

The cables and housing are of good quality and work well. There was ample cable and housing for my road frame with side-pull brakes.I don't think the cable is PTFE coated (which is what the description says), but rather these have standard (stainless?) steel cables and PTFE-lined housings. PTFE-lined housings make a real difference in the feel of your brakes. You should still grease the cables, but the PTFE liner makes them slide with very little friction.I pre-stretched the cables by holding the cable against the housing with a pair of channel-locks and pulling the lever to the bar a few times, before cutting them down to size. (If you this, be sure to retract the cable into the housing before you cut it.) This aided installation, as I then only had to get the cable position right the first time, and the adjustment stayed put.Why these don't get a five-star review: It says that "all ferrules" to complete the job are included, but there are only two housing ferrules, and those two are not o-ring sealed. I only had two o-ring sealed ferrules on hand, so I used those at the lever side. What do they want me to do, leave them off? The cable ends are large and ugly, but get the job done. I've used much better looking ends that were made of less material.

I used red cables to match the accent colors on my bike. Looks great and a nice change from the standard black cables.

Jist what i expected

won't make your bike better.

Simply the best brake cable you can buy. Lasts a good long time between changes. Low stretch means no need to have to go back and adjust the brakes after the first couple of uses. Use a good quality casing cutter to prevent the casing from being crushed. Lots of colors available. I use white on my road bike, grey on trainer bike and black on my gravel bike. Lots of great mileage out of all of them.

30年前に購入したレイダック（ブリジストン）に使用しました。10数年ぶりに換えました。難無く交換し普通に使用しています。初期の伸びもレバーを何度か握ってやると殆ど気にならないレベルになります。こういった部品は気になった時に直に購入できて当り前にストレスなく交換できるのが何より良いのではと思います。それから一つだけこだわりが有ってワイヤーエンドはアルミキャップじゃなくて半田を盛ることにしているのですが・・・手持ちの半田ごての容量が小さいためなかなか付きませんでしたがフラックスを付けバーナーライターであぶったら綺麗に流れてしっかり付きました。とにかく当り前に使えて滑りも良く伸びも直に取れて・・・　と、とても気に入ってます。