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How long should gear cables last?

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  1. I've been noticing that the shifting on the centaur triple set has been a bit inconsistant in the rear.Tried giving it a good tune tonight and can't get it to consistantly up and down shift at both ends of the cassette. I end up having to "half shift) in one direction or the other to insure the shift happens, otherwise when you go to shift again it double shifts which costs you momentum being in the wrong gear too long, then going straight past the gear you want.

    The bike has done about 8000km, mostly dry riding, chain and casstte replaced in the last 1000kms. No squeeking from the chain. I doubt the shifter needs servicing, so could it be the cable??

    yes operator error is always a possiblility, but turning a cable adjuster isn't rocket science! SHift gear, turn screw til shift happens, check all shifts, retune, retune, retune, never settles down!!

    I shouldn't have to be half shifting with modern campy.

  2. Did you actually go through the exact steps?

    - Check upper and lower limits.
    - Centre roller to 4th cog in cassette.

    Otherwise do you have sticky cables?

  3. Replace your cables outers with the best quality you can buy.
    From new, my bike was always needing a tweak of the barrel adjusters. The shifters required more & more effort to operate. I had the cable outers replaced, [still using the same cables] after 6k kls, with good quality ones. I have now done a further 1500 ks without the need of any adjusting at all.
    Mine is all shimano but your symptoms are virtually identical.

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