Initial Ratings on Nokon Cables is up

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I put them up, and my reviews will change as I live with the products I review them. Go to the link in my signature. If it is not readily available, go to the archives in Feb, then you can find March and you can find the Nokon reviews.

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Great info! I was planning on using the Nokon cables for my Trek TT bike (rear brake) because of issues with cable routing. There are some bends that are unavoidable based on the internal routing that create enough cable drag that the brakes are both very soft, and without a return spring on the lever, need to be adjusted pretty loose in order not to drag on the rim.

Now I wonder if I can use one full brake set just to do the rear only, or if I’ll still need to buy an extension kit. The Trek TT frame uses cable housing from lever to caliper (one continuous piece).

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Great (set of) article(s). I’m rather surprised that you liked them and found them to be worth the money based solely on what I’d heard, but it’s good to see someone really giving them a thorough test and report.

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I have Nokons on my Cannondale IM 5000 with HED bars and barend shifters (shimano) I like the Nokons but actually find that they have more cable drag than just my standard cables. I ran them fully sealed with the plastic liner running over the cable between cable stops and I had a lot of problems getting my rear derailer to drop into the 11 with all the cable drag. Got rid of the excess cable liner, made the rear housing loop a bit bigger and am now using thinner standard shifter cable intead of the Nokon brake cable diameter cabling. Much better performance. I gotta give it to them on the bling factor though. I have the polished silver and they are very cool

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long live the Bunnyman!..Echo and the Bunnymen one of your fave groups then? they’re one of mine actually…long live the 80’s

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It entirely depends on how long your internal routing is. I had *just *enough for the internal route of my Fox, but I am estimating that you may need the extension kit.

" There are some bends that are unavoidable based on the internal routing that create enough cable drag that the brakes are both very soft, and without a return spring on the lever, need to be adjusted pretty loose in order not to drag on the rim."

This is where it is ENTIRELY worth the price for a guy like you: The cables end up in so much of a smaller diameter that some of those bends are not even made. If there were bad drag points on my Fox from cabling, I estimate that I probably reduced a bunch of them.

I gotta learn how to post photos on my blog so you can see this point.

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I am not finished, yet. Give me time, the ratings could change.

If you had noticed, the instructions and information on the package got a pretty low grade. I will probably even add a part about mechanical difficulty in the ratings. The price for performance is low, but the aesthetics rated 10+++.

I would probably rate these a LOT lower on a road bike, only because the cabling issues on a road bike have been long figured out.

I may take these head-to-head with Aztec’s similar offerings. This would truly be the test.

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I think I may have to get a set for my road bike, now.

I could easily see how running the liner full-length could make more drag.

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I liked them okay, but I am the world’s biggest KISS fan. I dress as Gene Simmons at any opportunity. I stood ten feet away from him at a concert five years ago, dressed as Gene. I am still looking for a KISS pinball machine.

But Echo had some fun tunes. The '80s had so many types of music that we forget the schmaltz that we had to put up with:

  1. Glam rock- or I call it Lite Metal (LarryCalifornia could call the bands like Poison “aluminium”)

  2. Sappy soft rock- why even involve the term “rock” in there?

  3. When the era of Manilow was waning, Michael Bolton came in to replace him for the late '80s- mid '90s

  4. The emergence of Kenny G in the late, late '80s- need I say more?

and finally:

  1. Millions of people bankrolled a plastic surgery addicted, allegedly child molesting goof ball named Michael Jackson to indulge himself in plastic surgery, access to lots of children, zoo animals, Elephant Man skeletons, and the like. I can say with full disclosure of the truth that I thought he was weird and creepy then, never bought any of his records (as I just could not stand him) and still feel that his record company was paying radio stations to play his records as often as they did.

You certain you want the '80s to live long?