I tried the Dropper Pro cable, just because it was in stock. My Stumpy's routing isn't crazy bendy, maybe a 3 inch radius bend at the BB at the tightest, and it's in a tube through the whole bend, so I didn't really notice much benefit from the thin housing.
But the 0.8mm cable is hard to clamp: the provided sleeve (just a piece of heat shrink I think) works ok, but both WolfTooth and OneUp levers needed a pretty snug cable clamp to hold it solidly, and I was a bit worried about overtorquing that bolt (I broke an e13 lever's cable bolt once). And the sleeve immediately gets shredded so it's kinda only good for a couple clampings.
And then after maybe a month or two, the barrel end just broke off... It was rainy season, so potentially decent moisture inside my frame (one deficit to in-frame storage: frequent washes usually mean a bit of dampness inside that eventually requires taking everything out and letting it air out), and the cable seemed discolored at the break, but even so, shouldn't be breaking after single digit weeks, or even months.
Between the potential for a replacement cable to not fit, the need for extra bits at the lever clamp, and the weakness, I was not impressed. Right back to Shimano housing and stainless cables for me.
July 15, 2022, 6:08 a.m. - Justin White
I tried the Dropper Pro cable, just because it was in stock. My Stumpy's routing isn't crazy bendy, maybe a 3 inch radius bend at the BB at the tightest, and it's in a tube through the whole bend, so I didn't really notice much benefit from the thin housing. But the 0.8mm cable is hard to clamp: the provided sleeve (just a piece of heat shrink I think) works ok, but both WolfTooth and OneUp levers needed a pretty snug cable clamp to hold it solidly, and I was a bit worried about overtorquing that bolt (I broke an e13 lever's cable bolt once). And the sleeve immediately gets shredded so it's kinda only good for a couple clampings. And then after maybe a month or two, the barrel end just broke off... It was rainy season, so potentially decent moisture inside my frame (one deficit to in-frame storage: frequent washes usually mean a bit of dampness inside that eventually requires taking everything out and letting it air out), and the cable seemed discolored at the break, but even so, shouldn't be breaking after single digit weeks, or even months. Between the potential for a replacement cable to not fit, the need for extra bits at the lever clamp, and the weakness, I was not impressed. Right back to Shimano housing and stainless cables for me.