Originally Posted by
Dan333SP
Same. What group do you have? I'm on 5700 and it eats the rear cable in the lever body. Always frays and fails just behind the cable anchor.
I change the front cable when I change the housings as a matter of habit, but I've never noticed any issues with it and no fraying. It doesn't get used very frequently.
I've got Red on the bike & I have never broken a cable on this bike. Actually the cables look good when I remove them.
I do it b/c I don't want it to break on a fun group ride. A lot of my friends do the ride it till it breaks method but they always seem to end up breaking it during a ride that's important to them. So, I just change mine earlier. However, I do think I'm going to stop changing the front simply b/c I think that it's a waste.