pfft this is weight weenies not penny weenies... and i totally reckon this system has an outa the box life span of 4-5 times standard cables/housing systems

that makes it cost effective in the long run..

more importantly the built in liners have the same id for both shift and brake housings.. meaning the shift housing is VERY low friction.
the difference in shifting is so good it makes you do these ones

worth the cost for the improved shifting alone.

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Have to say I was thinking about getting these cabling systems, but I'm slightly sceptical when comes to these kind of light alloy housings.
Mini I link for instance, doesn't work well when taken out of the box. Alloy segments compress themselves under the levers/cable stress for a quite long time until they reach the point they don't do that anymore.

How about Aican in that respect?

Apart the weight, they look very clean and tidy.

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Cannyon Ultimate slx 5592g/12.33lb
Pronghorn XC SW Race 8284g/18.26lb

One of the reasons why I've invested in it, oh and it saves weight

Your a proper WW!

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Cool, all built up but my LBS had issues with the rear brake cable not being able to thread it through the housing. No issues with the dearailleurs or front brake but the rear cable they couldn't get it to come out the housing so I had to put a standard Campag one through

Pictures?
I don't entrust such things or expensive bikes to lbs..

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I don't have the tools or expertise to do these things. My LBS are the NZ importers for BMC and also are the local sellers for Cervelo, Cannondale, Colnago, Pinarello. They get to work on leightweight stuff quite a bit and are pretty clued up with this. Like I said they had no issue with the other three cables just this one.

I'll sort photos when I can

What's the frame set in question..
I'm sure with some more info and maybe a picture or two we can nut this one out for you..
It's as easy to fit as std cables and if you can fit std campag cables you can totally fit the Aicans..

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Not trying to run Powercordz through it? Madcow said 1.7 Pcords wont fit.

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BMC SLR with the standard Aican cable, not powercords or anything. They tried threading the cable through just in a straight line with no kinks to see if it was the bend - (which is no different to what it was with the previous cable set) - and it wouldn't come out the other end. We'll retry it on Monday when I drop the bike back.

Must be a messed up liner section in there some where.. Push some cable through and where it jams pull the housing apart. Replace as many links as you need too..
The shifter and brake housings are identical so you should have plenty to work with

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With ~30mi yesterday on my Aican brake cable set and EE brakes, I wanted to share that both work as advertised and every bit as good (or better?) than OEM components. Brake activation and modulation feel every bit as good as my outgoing prev-gen Red brakes and Alligator iLinks. Braking power, on the other-hand, is definitely increased over my old set-up. I just have to back-off a hair!



(I mixed in Mini iLinks for shift cables ... lighter according to Fairwheel)

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Did you manage, by any chance, to weight it before putting on the bike?
I'm curious how it compares to the I-link/PC set (on my bike paired with EE as well).

PS.
What's the thing hanging on the head tube?

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Cannyon Ultimate slx 5592g/12.33lb
Pronghorn XC SW Race 8284g/18.26lb

I weighed the cabling sets prior to installation (see my bike thread in the signature below and the "what did you buy today" thread), but relied on Fairwheel's "installed" weights: http://fairwheelbikes.com/aican-bungaru ... 5d60be5b5f

It's a wrist band hanging on the head tube. If you believe the back story, the CSC team did it in part because they were tired of seeing Lance's and maybe nearly everyone else's ubiquitous yellow wrist bands. It says, "Harden The Fcuk Up." And it's not mis-spelled. I like it for the HTFU message more than the back story.

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We determined in the end it was the cable. We tried threading through other pieces of unused housing and also the front housing and the same thing, wouldn't come out the other end, yet the front cable had no problem. The good people at Fairwheel though said they'd send out a new cable for me