>>1766750shift cables tend to be thinner (1.2 mm thick)
and sometimes come with a thinner "compressionless" cable housing (4 mm outer diameter)
brake cables are around 1.6 mm thick and come with thicker cable housing (5 mm outer diameter)
(for 2 mm thick brake cables a larger cable housing is used (6 mm outer diameter)
most bikes come with spiral wound bowdens, they are quite flexible so are good for tricky cable routing
an slightly more expensive upgrade is Compressionless brake housing
such as, "Jagwire Road Pro brake kit" or "Yokozuna Reaction Brake Cable System"
roadbikes and mountanbikes have different cable ends
Shimano and Campagnolo do not use the same cable ends
