Cable housing

[LoisMustDie]

[FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Has anyone seen orange colored derailleur cable housing? If so, what brand and where did you see it?[/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Gotta bling the bike![/SIZE][/FONT]
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[tkblazer]

you can get it in Team Maxxis Orange

http://www.jagwireusa.com/en/diykits.html

[LoisMustDie]

Originally Posted by tkblazer

you can get it in Team Maxxis Orange

http://www.jagwireusa.com/en/diykits.html

It looks like that is brake housing - is there a difference between brake and shifter housing?

[slowSSer]

Originally Posted by LoisMustDie

It looks like that is brake housing - is there a difference between brake and shifter housing?

most definitely- cable housing is designed for more constant pressure with one piece of "Wire" twisted to make the housing and brake housing is many "wires" twisted to make the housing- cut a section of both to see.

(i could be entirely backwards on the cross section...help, anyone???)

also, the cables themselves are different thicknesses- shifter is usually skinnier while brake is usually thicker.

edit: apparently you can blow out brake housing if used as brake housing.

[tkblazer]

Originally Posted by LoisMustDie

It looks like that is brake housing - is there a difference between brake and shifter housing?

MCK207 Ripcord derailleur kit Maxxis Orange Kevlar reinforced w/ L3 Liner 4.5 x 1800mm 1500mm / 2000mm

they have two different kits, one for brakes and one for derailleurs

[LoisMustDie]

Originally Posted by tkblazer

MCK207 Ripcord derailleur kit Maxxis Orange Kevlar reinforced w/ L3 Liner 4.5 x 1800mm 1500mm / 2000mm

they have two different kits, one for brakes and one for derailleurs

Now I see it --- Thanks!

[autoduel]

Originally Posted by slowSSer

(i could be entirely backwards on the cross section...help, anyone???)

Starting your thanksgiving celebration early eh slowSSer
Brake housing is the single coiled strand much like a compressed spring. The derailleur housing is the parallel multistrand with much less pronounced twist. The brake housing will deform more under compression which makes it lousy for shifting accuracy. The derailleur housing while more resistant to deformation, will blow out if used for a brake application. Not cutting a derailleur housing perpendicular to its length will leave uneven strands which can also cause blowouts.

[slowSSer]

Originally Posted by autoduel

Starting your thanksgiving celebration early eh slowSSer
Brake housing is the single coiled strand much like a compressed spring. The derailleur housing is the parallel multistrand with much less pronounced twist. The brake housing will deform more under compression which makes it lousy for shifting accuracy. The derailleur housing while more resistant to deformation, will blow out if used for a brake application. Not cutting a derailleur housing perpendicular to its length will leave uneven strands which can also cause blowouts.

no- i blame the kiddo- the midnight feeding sucked. on that note, have we drank together before? it seems like you know me

thanks for the clarification.

[autoduel]

Hehe, the only drinking I do are smoothies. I can't handle the taste or the effects of liquor. Watch those midnight feedings, I've been told not to let them get used to it. My little guy does the midnight thing off and on, but we try not to feed him unless it's the 5am wakeup. And the wanting to be held in the middle of the night thing .....
Ah the joys of parenting

[slowSSer]

Originally Posted by autoduel

Hehe, the only drinking I do are smoothies. I can't handle the taste or the effects of liquor. Watch those midnight feedings, I've been told not to let them get used to it. My little guy does the midnight thing off and on, but we try not to feed him unless it's the 5am wakeup. And the wanting to be held in the middle of the night thing .....
Ah the joys of parenting

our kiddo's still only 3.5 months. here's the worst part- her normal morning wake-up-ready-to-go time is 6:00 am. ugh. coffee is starting NOT to help.

btw- what the hell is your avatar?

[LoisMustDie]

Originally Posted by slowSSer

6:00 am. ugh. coffee is starting NOT to help.

Welcome to the club! Mine is 6 months and going through her first ear infection. That one kept me up every 2 hours all night for almost week! Coffee is now in my Camelback. Next step --- coffee IV drip, wide open.

[slowSSer]

Originally Posted by LoisMustDie

Welcome to the club! Mine is 6 months and going through her first ear infection. That one kept me up every 2 hours all night for almost week! Coffee is now in my Camelback. Next step --- coffee IV drip, wide open.

oh that sounds lovely- at least we've avoided colic so far.

like the coffee drip IV idea....

[LoisMustDie]

Originally Posted by slowSSer

oh that sounds lovely- at least we've avoided colic so far.

You are about out of the woods too! Around three/four months they start getting easier and start smiling a lot more --- one smile makes your midnight wake-up call worth it.

[slowSSer]

Originally Posted by LoisMustDie

You are about out of the woods too! Around three/four months they start getting easier and start smiling a lot more --- one smile makes your midnight wake-up call worth it.

she's already smiling a lot, so we've got that covered. it is nothing but damn cute.

[autoduel]

Mine is at 11 months when he's starting to get needy and fussy. Often at the same time. He still makes it hard to sleep in on the weekends. At least he doesn't let me miss morning rides.

The avatar is a Kodama, a japanese spirit that's said to live in trees. It's depiction is from the anime movie Princess Mononoke.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mononoke
I thought the rattling bobble head thing was hilarious.

[tkblazer]