What do you think of swapping brake cable housing with a compressionless one? It supposedly improves braking feel and power because it resists squish under load. Jagwire sells this stuff. Is it worth it?
Compressionless housing for brakes
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With brakes, any squish is not welcome, regardless of whether it comes from flex in the levers, housing & cables, or calipers.
Depending on the brake type, fork legs (or rear chainstays) can also add some flex in the braking system - which is why some rim brakes benefit from adding braces on the fork (rear brake stopping power is lower anyway, because of the weight transfer during braking).
Compressionless housing (Jagwire has good reputation for that) does remove at least one part of the flex in the system. This can make a bigger difference if a frame is designed to use long sections of housing (no built in housing stops on the frame), or if brakes with higher mechanical advantage are used, like modern road rim brakes or mechanical disc brakes.
So yes, it can improve brake feel and performance (and reduce the lever travel per applied force, by reducing total aggregate flex in the system).
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