The 6 Best 5 mm Cable housings (2023 reviews)

The jagwire 5 mm cable housing should be able to handle its purpose and duties with ease. It’s good for a 20 yr old bike. It comes with everything to recable the bike. The kit comes with a bunch of different ends and sections that lend it to many different shifter styles. It provides consistent, compressionless performance. The quality of the cable and it's polish is the best.

The kit includes end caps to use on the housings after you have cut them. It makes your shifts slick as grass through a goose through a goose. It will work, they include many different end caps for you.

Why We Like This:

Sturdy cables that do not easily stretch
A quality and complete shift cable set
Good length of inner cable and outer housing
Easy and has everything you need

Best For home mechanic: Sunlite 5 mm Cable Housing

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The sunlite 5 mm cable housing is capable of outshining several other housing featured in this list in overall features for the price point. This is typical sized brake cable-5mm. It protects your raw brake cable. It runs smoothly even with three 2.5" (approx) radius bends, one at 180 degrees and two at 90 degrees. It's almost a blueish white, but really makes some of these bikes pop, as opposed to black cable housing. It has a lining that makes operation super smooth.

This brand has the bending sort of cut, and needs to be finished with a file or grinder to remove the bent cut. It allows you to redo bike cables in the original condition. It is great for restoring multiple bicycles.

Why We Like This:

Makes for smooth movement of the brake or derailleur cable
Easy to cut & install, no issues
New and hot release

Best For Mountain Bike: Chooee 5 mm Cable Housing

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We know from years of feedback from readers, customers and amazon sellers, what most people want in a convenient and appropriate housing. The chooee 5 mm cable housing is exactly that - it's a simple housing that hits all the right notes. They are sufficient quality even for a high end bike and there's no need to spend more on it. It works for shimano or sram front & rear derailleur universal. It gives the bike a cool accent color as well which clearly makes you faster on the trail.

Why We Like This:

Comes with 2 cables and all the ferrules you may need
2000 mm long enough to keep your desired length kit
Good investment for long term

Best big name Cable: Farbetter 5 mm Cable Housing

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If you are looking to buy good cable housing in bulk, this is a good solution. It's pretty much a lined housing cable. It is designed for a 1.1mm shift cable. It is easy to size cables for any bike.

Why We Like This:

A roll of 50 feet, about 15.2 meters, is enough to assemble five bicycles
Good diameter fit, cut clean and the roll lasts a while
Zero compression ratio, provide a more accurate shift response
Made in taiwan, high-quality authentic products

Best Shifting Housing: Shimano 5 mm Cable Housing

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Next on the list, we've got yet another housing that manages to win our hearts. It's the shimano 5 mm cable housing and it's widely considered as housing that has the most suitable features. This is great shifting housing if you need the larger 5mm size. It fits tightly on the cable so there's no falling off as with other ferrules. It has a plastic linear to reduce friction. It's important to make sure that the cable run is long enough to avoid sharp turns.

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