2026-09-26 07:02 UTC
@ascentale@sfba.social @jdarais@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social A3. Maybe the shop's right, maybe not.
Some Shimano shifters (e.g. Shimano road 10 speed) are just prone to fraying cables. Just a poor design. Also dirty cables or poorly adjusted limit stops can mean there's just unnecessary force needed to shift. Which obviously doesn't do wonders for lifetime.
But, cables aren't gonna last forever - I swap mine (post winter) every year. It's really quick to do and cheap if you don't change the outers every time. I've (touches wood) never broken a shift cable in a lot of cycling. But, I do carry a spare and the avoidance of front derailleurs altogether also helps!
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@DurableAce@social.vivaldi.net 2026-09-26 11:55
@markn@mastodonapp.uk @ascentale@sfba.social @jdarais@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social I agree. Stuff wears out. How well you install it and look after it makes a difference, as does design and usage. If you fix-on-fail rather than service and maintain, stuff is going to break. I suspect it's like many things where those having problems are more visible than others. I have run all kinds of Shimano shifters (and the occasional SRAM ones) for decades without the issue @jdarais@sfba.social describes, including in very muddy cyclo-cross conditions. #BikeNite