Jagwire Road Pro Complete Brake Cable Kit - Stealth Black

I picked up a new bike with internal cable routing to the disk brakes. The rear brake action was sticky, slow to engage, and the brake lever did not fully pop back into position. The problem was the cable and housing. Replacing them with the Jagwire kit COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY solved the problem. It made a world of difference. The Jagwire cable itself is super smooth (I think is it pulled thru a smoothing die during manufacturing). The housing cuts to length cleanly, The kit comes with a bunch of ferrules and clips. The housing has a more flexible section (about 15cm long) that handles the sharp curve under the handlebar tape, and that really makes routing easy. You can get the housing is a bunch of colors (I needed matte black) and the cables were plenty long. The kit gets five stars for sure! Thanks for reading, and I hope that the review is helpful.

These are excellent cables both in design and manufacture and superior to any OEM Shimano or Campagnolo sets I have used. I used them on a gravel bike I've fitted with Juin Tech hybrid calipers. One thing to be aware of is that they are most definitely NOT compatible with Campagnolo levers. Jagwire's website does not show any compressionless brake cable kits for Campagnolo, so it looks like they are just not available. Be prepared to spend time with a file reducing the diameter of the pear end, both the large and small diameters--a tedious and at times painful task and definitely not something you want to do on the shop clock for a customer. An alternative would be to toss the inner wires back in stock and sell a set for Campagnolo to be fit into the excellent, compressionless housing but then you might not get the benefit of those slick inner wires that come in the set.

This kit has everything you need to replace your brake housings and cables. I even ran housing from my shift lever all the way to the rear brake and had some left over (my preferred method for internal-to-frame routed cables). The cables seem well constructed and low friction. I've only had them on my bike for a few weeks now, but they are working great so far. One side note: I bought a bike used (a 2015 Specialized Crux EVO) and they had run shift cable housing to the rear brake and run brake cable through it. As a friend of mine commented this is "sub-optimal." The rear brake was not releasing properly with this combination and it wasn't until I was replacing it that I noticed the incompatible housing. While you could probably get away with using brake cable housing to a shifter, the opposite is definitely NOT true (for those who don't know, brake cable is significantly larger than shift cable). Keep shift and brake cable & housing separated after opening and labelled (I use zip-loc bags and a sharpie) in those rare cases when you only use one cable or have housing left over.

New brake cables and housing made my bike feel fresh and better than before. Feels great with my rim brake bike but might feel even better for mechanical disc brakes. I appreciate the high quality ferrules that came included in the set which isn't usually included in basic brake cable kits. There's a decent amount of the kevlar housing left for bikes with segmented housing, in case if you mess up cutting them too short too.

These cables are only for drop bar levers that take a cable with a "mushroom" end. Many replacement brake cables come with a mushroom on one end and a barrel on the other end. The cable end that isn't used is cut off. I discovered that these cables only have the mushroom end after I had cut the housing to fit my bike. I ordered the Jagwire mountain bike cables that come with the barrel end that works with flat-bar brake levers. I ordered these cables because they were long enough to reach the rear disc brake after I installed 13" ape-hanger handlebars on my Schwinn. The construction of the cables and the housings is very impressive. I ordered and installed the correct Jagwire cables on my Schwinn. They're working very well.

After working as a mechanic for several years, I got a bit jaded on aftermarket cable kits versus OEM Campy/Shimano kits. Well, for one, they're expensive for what you get, especially the Campagnolo kits. No sealing, pretty basic stamped-steel bushings, and the same coiled cable housing that's been used for a century. Plus, your choice of black or white. I've been using Jagwire kits for a decade now, back when they had a Kevlar road kit, which is still going strong on one of my road bikes with occasional inner cable replacement. The housing is pre-lubed and the inner wire is very, very smooth, but what really makes the deal is the assortments of bushings they provide and their sturdiness in cable bosses. Long-nose for open runs along the top/down tubes, and machined aluminum bushings, including their POP ones for V-Brakes, at the caliper. I save the extras for other builds I've done. With this particular set, I've been using them for a few years on a hybrid mech/hydro setup—TRP levers and TRP Hy/Rd calipers on a Raleigh RXS, which is intended for a full-hydro line. They give you enough housing to run the full length housed. The housing comes in a single piece, with more flexible, traditional coiled housing at either end, for getting the cable to the levers. Otherwise, its a very stiff, zero compression housing. I really can't tell that my brakes aren't full hydro if it weren't for the lack of hassle and bleeding. The inner cables, aside from the smooth polishing, aren't anything fancy but they really minimize drag. One caveat from installing another set on a different bike: the inner cable heads do NOT fit Campagnolo Ergo levers without a lot of filing (and yes, I did file them down, that's how much I love these). Kit comes with a pair of nice rubber bumpers so you don't have to put adhesive squares on your head tube, and a couple retainers that clip the cables together that reduce rattling. Minor little things that make your bike a little quieter ("like the zen of the wind," as my old boss used to say) Color selection is nice, too. Ice gray on my neon yellow bike and flat black on my...well, flat black bike. The Bianchi green matches their frame paint well. Last thing: the instructions included are absolutely terrible, but if you know how to replace cables, you don't need them. Just use the bushings that fit, and for god sake, use a real Park cable cutter. Other than that, these are a great upgrade from OEM Campy/SRAM/Shimano cables without the expense and diminishing returns of something exotic like Ashima.

I used this on a new bike build. The housing and cable are high quality and work well with TRP spyre mechanical disk brakes. The compressionless housing is essential here, and dramatically improves braking performance. The kit also comes with the ferrules and endcaps that you need, as well as cable bumpers (black). The endcaps are good quality and come in various shapes, one of them has a pointy end that meshes well with the barrel adjuster on the brake caliper, and makes adjusting it way easier. The cable and housing are an appropriate length and plenty to work with if you measure and cut carefully. The narrower and more flexible lever end of the housing is a really nice touch, and it fit securely under the hoods on my bike. Keep in mind you may have to trim the end to fit, like I did. This is best acheived with a high quality pair of housing/cable cutters.

The brake response is smooth and strong when the cables are properly lubricated. Using a syringe, injected a generous quantity of synthetic grease with PTFE. The cable pull was rough with no lubricant, and with light oil.

Es un kit de cables y fundas de freno para bicicletas de carretera de una marca de calidad contrastada como es Jagwire, concretamente es el modelo Road Pro que es compatible tanto con frenos de Shimano como con los de Sram. El contenido del kit (cables, fundas, etc ...) está fabricado con una calidad elevada y su funcionamiento es bueno; en mi opinión el rendimiento de la frenada mejora de manera notable en comparación con cables y fundas de gama media-baja. El kit contiene: 1 cable de freno delantero de acero inoxidable pulido de 1500 mm, 1 cable de freno trasero de acero inoxidable pulido de 2800 mm, 1 funda para cables de freno reforzada con kevlar de 3000 mm y 13 pequeñas piezas (tapas, terminales, protectores, ...). Los cables incluidos son de acero inoxidable pulido, están preestirados y son lisos, debido a alguna de estas características tienen una menor fricción y su funcionamiento es más suave. Además son robustos ya que los he apretado y soltado del puente de freno en varias ocasiones y no se han dañado. Por su parte, las fundas para los cables están reforzadas con kevlar (son bastante rígidas) y no tienen compresión lo que permite que el rendimiento de la frenada siempre se mantenga a un nivel elevado. Un buen detalle a destacar es que la funda para los cables (de 3000 mm) tiene en cada uno de los extremos una zona más flexible (de color plateado) para facilitar su instalación en la pronunciada curva del manillar de una bici de carretera en la zona comprendida entre la maneta y la potencia. La instalación del kit requiere trabajo pero no es difícil, esto se debe en parte a que sus instrucciones incluyen imágenes lo cual facilita la instalación. El resultado al utilizar los cables y fundas es bueno, el funcionamiento de los frenos mejora, es más suave y preciso y se obtiene un mayor rendimiento que se aprecia claramente en las frenadas más exigentes.

If like me you have cable disc brakes on your Road Bike and don't want to go down the hydraulic brake route,then you need to get this set,it really does make a big difference,probably still not quite up to hydraulic standards but not far short,the brake levers are easier to pull and have a much nicer feel,giving more confidence that you are actually going to stop,comes with lots of different fittings,the brake cables are different lengths so make sure you use the long one for the rear before you cut it to length.

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My double piston brakes finally work.

A bit expensive but worth it for the difference it made in brake performance and feel.