Quote Originally Posted by DebW View Post
Is it the cables or the housing, Mimi? Gear and brake cable housing used to be the same, back before indexed shifting. My framebuilder was explaining how the housing is now different for derailleur cables - lateral runs of the metal fibers to make them non-compressible. Rotary-wound housing compressed too much for the indexing to work consistently. The wire has always been different because the ends are different.
yes, he showed us how the cable housing is very different from the brake housing. And told us what could happen if you screwed up (Brake failure!!!)