How to Install Gore Ride-on Cables

The latest offering from Gore Ride-on Cable systems is the professional system shifter
cable kit for road bikes. It’s simpler and faster to install than previous systems.

A key to the performance of this system is an almost invisible super thin newly
formulated cable coating. It’s super slick and matched with proprietary lubrication in the
shifter housing. The installation instructions are limited to a diagram on the box. But the
professional system kit is fantastically simple to install and results in amazingly friction-
free shifting performance. The kit includes a length of pre-lubed four millimeter shifter
housing, two ultra slick coated shifter cables with Shimano and Campy compatibility,
two ultra-long nosed ferrules to seal the cables from housing exit to drill your entry, three
standard ferrules, one short-nosed ferrule, two grub seals, and two cable crimps with
Gore covers.

Start by measuring and cutting the upper length of shifter housing. If your housing is
routed under the bar tape, you’ll of course have to unwrap the bar tape, then measure and
cut housing accordingly. A standard ferrule fits on the housing at the shifter end. Then,
use one of the ultra-long nosed ferrules on the end of the housing that meets the frame.
The sheath that extends from this ferrule will run the length of the cable down to the next
segment of housing. Measure and cut the rear loop of shifter housing. The short-nosed
ferrule goes in the frame stop and a standard ferrule goes into the derailleur. Now cut the
sheath from the ultra-long nosed ferrules so it fits near or against the short-nosed ferrule.
Thread the shifter cable through the shifter and housing and into the sheath as if you were
routing any normal shifter cable.

When the cable reaches the end of the sheath, don’t forget to put a rubber grub seal over
the sheath. The grub seal covers the gab between the long sheath and the short-nosed
ferrule. Then, continue threading the cable into the rear loop of housing and into the
derailleur as normal. Tension and adjust the derailleur cable as normal. You may have to
tug on the cable and retention it several times as the ferrules press fully onto the ends of
the shifter housing. At this point, you should have a super slick shifting cable system,
adjust the derailleur as needed for best shifting performance, then get out and enjoy the
performance of your Gore Professional System Cables.