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Exactly, basically a way to reduced the chance of rusted/frayed cable (beside the obvious fraying that happen inside the Shimano shifters.
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I think mine broke in the shifter. I need to check the RD though as it wasn't moving as I'd expect. It's possible something clogged up and caused an issue or something broke when the cable went. I dunno. I don't actually remember ever changing those cables (maybe once) so it's > 10 years old.
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And SRAM; I had to go at an Apex shifter with needle nose pliers over the weekend to extract a spectacularly frayed shift cable
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That makes more sense! So it still has an outer, then it has a fully sealed 'middle' and then there's the inner. Pictures are worth 1000 words.