Gear Cable for Downtube shifters

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Tomskiii

New Member
Hey all,

I'm in the process of repainting my Raleigh Mercury and i'm going to replace the brake and gear cables as their rusty and well basically awful. It's a road bike with drop handlebars and downtube shifters, the gears appear to be shimano SIS. I think i know which brake cables to get (with the pear shaped end) but not sure if i need specific gear cables?

Thanks,

Tom
 
The last brake cable I bought was double ended (mtb one and road the other) and I just cut off the one I don't need. Are gear cables the same:?:
 

John the Monkey

Frivolous Cyclist
Location
Crewe
I replaced the ones on a friends bike (also indexed downtube shifters) with standard shimano stainless steel gear cables.

If you want a pair of them Tomskii, I've some spares you can have for the cost of postage, just pm me - inner cables only though, I'm afraid.

Edit: And let me know if you need the ferrules for the ends of the cables too.
 
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