A bicycle control cable (512) is provided with a central wire (522), an outer case (526) and a radial protrusion (524). The central wire (522) includes at least one metallic strand (534) defining a radially outermost surface of the central wire. The outer case (526) surrounds at least a portion of an axial length of the central wire (522). The outer case (526) has a radially innermost surface. The radial protrusion (524) spirally extends along one of either the radially outermost surface of the central wire (522) or the radially innermost surface of the outer case (526) in a direction intersecting with a center longitudinal axis of the bicycle control cable. The radial protrusion (524) reduces a sliding resistance of the central wire (522) relative to the outer case (526). The central wire (522) is configured and arranged to slidably move in an axial direction with respect to the center longitudinal axis of the bicycle control cable within the outer case (526) to operate a bicycle component.
