Shimano Polymer Coated Brake Cable - Y8YZ98051

Shimano Polymer Coated Brake Cable - Y8YZ98051 Info

There are lots of important components on your bike, but it would be hard to think of anything more essential than reliable brake cables. With the Shimano Polymer Coated Brake Cables (Y8YZ98051) you can count on having top quality cables to give you the ultimate in braking performance.

These are cables that are only appropriate for 9000 series and newer brakes with a stronger cable fixing bolt. That’s because the brake cables use a special polymer coating that will not work with older Shimano brakes. The potential is very high for the cable simply to slip out of the brake causing a complete loss of brake power. And don’t think that you can use these with your old 7900 brakes because the brake housing is completely different and must be used with the new polymer coated brake cable. In fact, Shimano discourages anyone from trying to use these brakes with anything but their 9000 and higher series since the risk of brake failure through the cable slipping under a competitor’s pinch bolt is too high.

The polymer coating means that these cables basically never need to be lubed or greased. Shimano says that the coating lasts so long that you’ll need to replace them before you need to grease them. And that won’t be for some time. The Shimano Polymer Coated Brake Cables (Y8YZ98051) will help you get going fast since you’ll know you can stop even faster.