Shimano Road Gear Cable Set Reviews
Review score: 8.8/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £16.99 – Save 41% (RRP: £28.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Shimano Road Gear Cable Set worthy of a review score of 8.8 out of 10.
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Shimano Road Gear Cable Set features
Shimano Road Gear Cable Set
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Spec 1
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Colour: Black, Red, Grey Other Gear Cables found with this Spec: 1 |
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Feature 1
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Inner Cable Material: Stainless steel Other Gear Cables found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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Compatibility: All Shimano and SRAM road bike drop bar shifters and flat bar MTB/City bike shifters Other Gear Cables found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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Inner Cables Coated: Yes Other Gear Cables found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 4
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Fitting new gears or completely overhauling your gear cabling couldn’t be easier – everything you need in one pack Other Gear Cables found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 5
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Includes 1.2mm Optislick inner cables 1x1800mm and 1x2100mm, and SP41 outer casing for a complete bike (1 x 1700mm) and all end caps Other Gear Cables found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 6
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Optislick is electrically coated to the stainless steel inner cable leaves a smooth surface for low friction and reduced sliding resistance Other Gear Cables found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 7
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Outer casing is lubricated internally along its length with low-friction silicone grease to reduce cable friction Other Gear Cables found with this feature: 6 |
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Feature 8
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SP 41 outer casing uses a special directional wound construction process makes for an axially stiff cable that transmits shifting movements accurately and quickly Other Gear Cables found with this feature: 3 |
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Feature 9
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Outer casing is lined with a polymer sheath to assist with the smooth operation of the inner cable Other Gear Cables found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 10
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Please Note: Not suitable for use in Campagnolo shifters Other Gear Cables found with this feature: 1 |
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Price
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£16.99 |
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Number of Reviews
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51 |
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Review Score
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4.7 / 5 Average score in category: 4.3/5 |
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Gear Cables. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Shimano Road Gear Cable Set.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Shimano Road Gear Cable Set is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Gear Cables. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Gear Cables. Brands like Shimano are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Gear Cables category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Gear Cables.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of Shimano Road Gear Cable Set
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Shimano Road Gear Cable Set.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Shimano Road Gear Cable Set was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £16.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.6 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Gear Cables
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Gear Cables.
We found 86 in the Gear Cables category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £19.35, making it below average at £16.99.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Gear Cables. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £139.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £0.49.
With 86 products available we worked out that 26 cost more than Shimano Road Gear Cable Set and 56 were cheaper.
Cost of Shimano products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 854 products from Shimano, of which 31 were in the Gear Cables category.
For now though we’re looking at Shimano branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £94.29 making this product below average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Shimano product we found was £1.00 and the highest price we could find from them was £1999.99.
Of the 854 from Shimano, 665 were more expensive than Shimano Road Gear Cable Set and 177 were cheaper.
How much are Shimano Gear Cables?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Shimano products that are listed in the Gear Cables category.
The average price of the 31 products that match this search was £33.34, with the cheapest coming in at £1.49 and highest price was £139.99. With the average being £33.34, Shimano Road Gear Cable Set comes in below average.
16 products that meet this search were more expensive than Shimano Road Gear Cable Set and 11 were cheaper.
Shimano Road Gear Cable Set Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Shimano Road Gear Cable Set reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Shimano Road Gear Cable Set, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.8 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Gear Cables category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Shimano Road Gear Cable Set or another similar product, like Shimano BT-DN110-A Di2 Battery reviews or Shimano Di2 Wireless Unit reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Gear Cables.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Gear Cables. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Shimano, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Shimano Road Gear Cable Set
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Shimano Road Gear Cable Set reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Shimano Road Gear Cable Set. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.8/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25010920821
- Product ID 2: 533850UK
- Brand: Shimano
- Model number: Y60198040
- RRP: £28.99
- EAN: 4524667700609
- Description: Shimano Road Gear Cable SetComing complete with all you need to get your bike’s gears running like new, this road bike gear cable kit has Shimano’s smooth-shifting Optislick inner cables. This kit comes with internally lubricated outer cable and all the ferrules and end caps so you can cut it to suit your frame’s size and cable routing type. This set is suitable for use with city and mountain bikes too.Features: Inner Cable Material: Stainless steel Compatibility: All Shimano and SRAM road bike drop bar shifters and flat bar MTB/City bike shifters Inner Cables Coated: Yes Fitting new gears or completely overhauling your gear cabling couldn’t be easier – everything you need in one pack Includes 1.2mm Optislick inner cables 1x1800mm and 1x2100mm, and SP41 outer casing for a complete bike (1 x 1700mm) and all end caps Optislick is electrically coated to the stainless steel inner cable leaves a smooth surface for low friction and reduced sliding resistance Outer casing is lubricated internally along its length with low-friction silicone grease to reduce cable friction SP 41 outer casing uses a special directional wound construction process makes for an axially stiff cable that transmits shifting movements accurately and quickly Outer casing is lined with a polymer sheath to assist with the smooth operation of the inner cable Please Note: Not suitable for use in Campagnolo shifters Included:Front cable, 1.2x1800mm (1 pc.)Rear cable, 1.2x2100mm (1 pc.)OT-SP41 outer cable: 1x1700mm (1 pc.)Outer cap with short tongue for ST (2 pcs.) SIS-SP40 outer caps (3 pcs.) SIS-SP40 sealed outer caps (1 pc.)Inner end caps (2 pcs.)A 2 year warranty is offered with all Shimano products from Chain Reaction Cycles (3 years on Dura-Ace and XTR products).Buy Shimano Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Components > Gear Cables
- Savings percentage from RRP: 41%
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Other options for Gear Cables
As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Gear Cables. 86 in fact.
A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Shimano Road Gear Cable Set included,
Shimano JC130 Di2 Y-Connector Cable reviews, Shimano BM-DN100 Battery Mount reviews, or we really liked the look of Shimano SM-EWWU101 Di2 Wireless Unit reviews as another alternative.