Gear Cables for Suntour Xpress Shifters

[bedraggled]

Does anyone know where I can get gear cables for Suntour Xpress 7 speed shifters, the bit on the end (I don't know the technical word ) looks like a smaller version of a standard brake cable. I've been to loads of different shops today without success. Thanks for any help.

 

[cchris2lou]

they are old style cables .

i had same issue with campagnolo shifter and had to file them a bit .

 

[tenbikes]

I have a new one at the bottom of my tool kit, I think it is teflon coated?

I'll swap it for 3x normal ones, stainless steel??

 

[7x]

i've been warning our mechanics not to cut those since they disappeared from our distributors catalogs last year......hopefully something will show up on ebay. hmm, now i'm wondering if a shimano 3 speed cable would fit, don't they have an end kinda like that? :?

 

[elite504]

i've been warning our mechanics not to cut those since they disappeared from our distributors catalogs last year......hopefully something will show up on ebay. hmm, now i'm wondering if a shimano 3 speed cable would fit, don't they have an end kinda like that? :?

We used to use a standard gear cable and as chris says, a little bit of filing and it will locate ok.
(Standard cable, nipple on its side rather than end on for those who are wondering what the thread is about. . )

 

[FluffyChicken]

Used to be on the universal cables (clarks always made them) you could buy and you cut off the end you don't need.

like this one
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-Clar ... -20496.htm

 

[xn7]

i need a new cable for my 7 speed xpress too..

and on top of that i broke the lever off today.. :cry:

 

[FST4RD]

Might be just here... but I bought 4 new gear cables recently and they came double ended, one small and one large...
They were teflon, think they might have been jagcables?

 

[bedraggled]

I ended up using a Universal cable similar to those suggested by FluffyChicken, the depth of the barrell is less but the diameter was the same and they work ok.

 

[Splatter Paint]

Re:

Anyone tried a Vespa gear cable as a Suntour replacement?

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/VESPA-PX-150-E- ... Ciid%253A3

Or this cable?

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Barrel-Gear-Wir ... 1255070393

SP