Jagwire - Road Pro Brake Cable DIY Kit

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.

Includes cables, housing, tips, and ferrules. Multiple colors, I got the red, which is more of a dark pink. Functions smoothly. Installs the same way as any other cable/housing setup. Priced fairly and competitive to other prominent brands.

This is a good quality brake cable set. There is enough housing included to go all the way to the rear brake without cable stops (like when you use mechanical discs on a bike that can use hydraulic brakes). The extra flexible portions of housing that go to the brake levers is a nice touch.

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 have worked fine with both Shimano 105/Ultegra and Campy groups.

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.

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.

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.