Pro 5 mm KEB-SL Compressionless Bicycle Brake Housing | Kevlar-Reinforced, Slick-Lube Inner Liner, 10 Meters, Multiple Colors

This replacement housing was recommended to me when I was considering brake upgrades for my new Poseidon Redwood. On my old gravel bike I have Tektro Hy/RD cable-actuated hydraulic brakes, and I found those brakes to be more than adequate for road, trail, and gravel. Those are at least $150 though, and this bike takes flat-mount brakes, the no-name copies I found are all post mount. I was very hesitant, especially since this costs so much and comes with more than one bike's worth of housing, but went with the crowd wisdom, and boy were they right! I've gone from pulling the lever to the bar with inadequate engagement, to full engagement in only a quarter of the distance. For drop bar disc brake bikes, you have to unwrap the bars to remove the old housing. On the rear brake, I frayed the cable and had to order a new cable. I should have gotten the new $8 Jagwire brake cables anyway as they were noticeably slicker. I also damaged my bar tape, I'll replace it soon with new tape and some gel pads to go underneath, but I can mend it with electrical tape for now. Getting the cable inside of the housing was a bit of an issue for me, another reason to get new cables to go with the housing as the ends won't be frayed. I reamed out the housing with a paper clip and twisted the old brake cables in with 50% success. One brake cable frayed and while I got it in the housing, it unwound and created a lot of friction and required replacement. This comes with end caps and mid caps, not sure the proper term for them. I cut the housing with a dremel style thin cut-off wheel. You can use cable cutters or a hacksaw or probably other things I haven't thought of. Overall this product improved the brakes' functionality by like 400% and I'm very pleased to have found it. I considered upgrading my other gravel bike, but it occurs to me that the cable housing for that bike might be fine. It might just be this bike with the cheap housing. If you have a bike with disc brakes and you're sure the feel at the lever should be less spongey, this might be right for you. It sure helped me out.

This compressionless housing really makes a difference. I am using TRP Spyre mechanical disc brakes on an internal routing frame, thus the run of the rear brake housing is over 6 ft long. The difference in feel when compared with the regular Jagwire housing is not subtle. But, it's not a must have either, for the regular Jagwire does the job as well, you only have to squeeze more and absorb some spongyness inherent with the regular brake housing. I was able to lock the rear wheel with all my 200lbs on the saddle with it too. But the compressionless one feels better, the pads bite sooner and stronger. Braking late is more fun and the confidence in braking is stronger. I have aero carbon handlebar with internal routing and the flex terminators Jagwire recommends were not needed, didn't use any of them (they were a separate purchase). This compressuoless housing is stiffer, but not that much stiffer when compared with the regular Jagwire housing. All-in-all, very happy with the purchase. The product is great, the upgrade it brings is palpable and the price is great.

A little expensive but it works better than any other one I have use in the past.

It’s pricy, it’s stiffer than regular spiral brake housing, which can make routing more difficult, but in my case it was entirely worth it. After bedding in, my new gravel bike’s stock mechanical disc brakes were far worse than the old school rim brakes on my 20 something year old road bike. It felt unsafe to ride in my hilly area, but I didn’t have the money to invest in new hydraulic disc brakes. I tried this brake housing as an alternative and was impressed by the improvement in stopping power. I’d never confuse them for hydraulic disc brakes, but at least now I can tuck most of the way into hairpins on the road, and ride some light to moderate single track on my gravel bike without worrying if my brakes will actually slow me down.

This cable housing is vital to take advantage of the greater mechanical advantage of mechanical disk brakes. The longer cable runs to the hubs rather than to the rims of the bike require longer cables. More length over which housing compression can happen leads to brake fade and you are no better off than with lower mechanical advantage rim brakes. This cable housing compresses much less and gives almost as firm a response as hydraulic brakes.

This is not the housing you’re looking for if you have a mechanical or hybrid disc system. Looks good but after just two weeks and 300 miles the housing began to spiral and is definitely not totally compressionless. So it’s being replaced with Yokozuna reaction housing that adds an extra layer wrapped around the inner strands. Hopefully that will be a better solution.

High quality and pre-lubed. You might want to invest in the right cutter for clean ends; a cutoff wheel didn't do the best job on the kevlar layer.

This housing works when replacing or upgrading braking system componennts. Since it’s compressionless care must be taken to trim properly. It should make shifting faster and more precise.

avevo (passato ormai remoto) problemi di modulazione/potenza della frenata con il freno v-brake posteriore. sostituito la guaina spiralata con questa keb-sl mtb . RISOLTO alla grande. inoltre questa compressionless è da considerarsi indispensabile per l'installazione di pinze a comando meccanico su impianto frenante a disco. la confezione contiene tutto quello che è descritto. armatevi di un buon paio di cesoie o dremel per tagliare la guaina in modo pulito

Wenn der Druckpunkt der mechanischen Scheibenbremsen mit normaler Bremszughülle zu weich ist ist das hier die Lösung. Drähte in der Hülle laufen tangential anstatt spiralförmig. Dadurch viel druckstabiler. Einziger Nachteil: weniger flexibel. Der Quantensprung im Druckpunkt ist jeden Stern wert.

This shouldn’t be an afterthought when installing mechanical disc brakes - particularly road brakes wher the mechanical advantage is reduced. Completely changes the feel in the brake pull and for long lines as is found on cargo bikes - the difference is dramatic.

good cabel.