Enviolo hub cable life?

[rbeckert]

What kind of life can I expect from the control cables on an Enviolo N380 hub?

 

[PedalUma]

What kind of life can I expect from the control cables on an Enviolo N380 hub?

Good question. In all likely hood about three years, but there are a lot of factors. Like how much you are riding and shifting. They will need barrel adjustment after about three weeks of ridding. When I replace cables I like the premium polished stainless ones. I put fishing reel lube down the new premium housings. But I am picky and really notice. Nice hub. What is the motor? Are you going for a sprocket and chain or a belt-drive? I am liking wide, long life half-link chains on my internally geared hubs. Ceramic lube on them is very nice.

 

[rbeckert]

Good question. In all likely hood about three years, but there are a lot of factors. Like how much you are riding and shifting. They will need barrel adjustment after about three weeks of ridding. When I replace cables I like the premium polished stainless ones. I put fishing reel lube down the new premium housings. But I am picky and really notice. Nice hub. What is the motor? Are you going for a sprocket and chain or a belt-drive? I am liking wide, long life half-link chains on my internally geared hubs. Ceramic lube on them is very nice.
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My hub is on a Riese and Muller Roadster Vario with a Bosch Performance Line CX motor and a Gates belt. I've got about 1,600 miles on it over the last 3 months. The cables seem to be fine but I read on one of the forums that the cables should be replaced yearly.

 

[Alaskan]

The biggest variable in how long cable stay in good working condition on an enviolo hub is how smoothly and carefully the rider shifts. If you back off briefly on the pedal pressure when you shift, waiting so shift when your feet are at the 12 o'clock and six o'clock positions, avoid pedaling hard when shifting and wrenching hard on the shifter dial, your cable will last much longer. Another equally important variable is whether the cable tension is properly maintained at the proper intervals.

Attend to these two factors and your cable with last for thousands of miles, neglect either one and cable life gets dramatically shorter.

 

[rbeckert]

Thanks for the input. I do currently back off when shifting.

 

[rich c]

Riding miles is a much better indicator of component life, not time.

 

[Dewey]

In my case it’s been a year since I had the Enviolo cargo hub fitted. Last week I fit my winter studded tires and it took a long time for me to seat the cables after much wrestling, sadly the result is I screwed up something in the shifter and the cable is shredded. Getting new gear cables fitted tomorrow.