The more cable outer, the more total compression of the outer you get when the inner is pulled, and the less accurate the shifting becomes. In theory what you want is bare inner between fixed cable stops wherever the cable run is in a straight line.
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The more cable outer, the more total compression of the outer you get when the inner is pulled, and the less accurate the shifting becomes. In theory what you want is bare inner between fixed cable stops wherever the cable run is in a straight line.