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Reviewed in Italy on June 23, 2024
Ottima fattura ma con qualche pecca: i capo guaina sono troppo lunghi e la guaina troppo rigida per ultimo pezzo freno posteriore
Mike
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2024
Jaguar cables are generally top of the line. This particular housing had very significant binding of the cable where the flexible tip (silver portion) of the housing is crimped to the main (black) part of the housing, I was not able to use the flexible tips as a result. The rest of the hardware is solid, but that crimp was a disaster that rendered a nice feature unusable.
A.P.
Reviewed in Canada on April 13, 2024
A bit expensive but worth it for the difference it made in brake performance and feel.
Kindle Customer
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2023
Replaced the brake cables on my son’s new Poseidon Redwood based on many other online reviews. These cables really helped give the bike more stopping power.The Redwood stock brakes were “spongey” and honestly felt unsafe on long descents. Now these feel nearly as reliable as my Wife’s hydraulic brakes on her Liv Devote.Didn’t take too long to figure out how to do the swap, just watched a couple of videos. The instructions weren’t the best, but all the items needed are in the package, except a decent pair of line cutters and an awl.Solid product
Matthew
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2023
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.
Jd Uchima
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2023
Upgraded the lines on my gravel bike and made a night and day difference. Lever pull and feel are so much better as well as actuall bite on the calipers.
WuDoo
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2022
Great upgrade for my Poseidon X factory cable. I can definitely tell these are quite nice upgrades. They are stiffer and somewhat a pain to "route" depending on your frame. But definitely worth it! Would purchase again and recommend it!
Daren
Reviewed in Canada on November 17, 2022
I installed this kit on my Poseidon Redwood. Perfect fit, with a bit left over. (not enough for a second bike) Easy to install, it took me about 2 hours, taking my time.
Glenn Carlo Cabahug
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2021
Bought one from the damaged packaging option. Item came with a completely different cable outers and inners (Shimano m-type). Suspect that it was ordered, took the item and returned with a different cable. Ordered somewhere else and same item worked well and as described.
Si
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 28, 2021
Inners not as well made as previous Jagwire products. Easy to fray. Would like to see a brake specific barrel adjuster for TT bikes with integrated brakes.
Soops
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2020
these are super high quality brake lines and line housing along with really nice bits and pieces that help keep your frame free from wire rubbing and vibration. nice and quiet and smooth. as well as durable and strong. its pricey and not necessary but a really nice touch of detail to elevate your build and experience. essential top tier bike building.
IM
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2018
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.
Keith Allen
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2017
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.
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