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Visually Tell Brake from Shift Housing

July 16th, 2007 by Brad Quartuccio

So you have a box of housing… How do you tell brake form shift housing? Can’t really mix the two but in the tightest of pinches.

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On the left is freshly cut but not yet ground brake housing. On the right is shift housing, also freshly cut and not ground. You can see that brake housing is wound, whereas shift housing is made up of a bunch of strands running lengthwise. Never get them mixed up again.

Soon we’ll go over how to make those fresh cut end nice and clean looking, and better functioning too. A cleaner end means less drag, which means better performance…


2 Responses to “Visually Tell Brake from Shift Housing”

  1. 1 Ghost Rider 

    Good visuals!

    I’ve been wondering — in the BMX community, a lot of companies are selling linear shifter casing as brake casing (I suppose their thinking is “linear brakes = linear casing). I wonder how many casing blowouts BMX riders have?

    For my money, nothing beats good brake cables and casings…teflon-coated cables and lined casings make everything SO smooth!

  2. 2 Brad 

    First shot with a new-to-me macro lens. Bum exposure though, blew out the highlights. Good enough for a blog post I guess.

    I don’t know why that lens has been sitting ona shelf for months. Come the long months of winter, I’m going to have some fun with it.

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