Anyone know if...

Tim Dunne said:

...I can bodge a SIS gear cable into an STI geart changer? Had a cable
break yesterday, no spare and no bike shop handy, but I do have an SIS based
bike not doing anything for a few days...

the cables are the same but you'll probably need a much longer one for
STI, are the SIS shifters on the down tube? if so unlikely

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the cables are the same but you'll probably need a much longer one for
STI, are the SIS shifters on the down tube? if so unlikely

No, they're mountain bike index shifters on the handlebar - it's a bigger
bike so I should get away with it. Thanks.

Tim

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No, they're mountain bike index shifters on the handlebar - it's a
bigger bike so I should get away with it. Thanks.

Yup, got away with it... the nipples are identical (due to the mounting
hook, the STI nipple looked bigger). and robbed cable turned out to be about
3cm oversize. Phew - that was close...

Tim

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