Push-pull control cable

A push-pull type control cable having a conduit tube and an inner cable comprised of a core wire and a plurality of strands wound around the core wire and inserted into the conduit tube, the control cable being filled with lubricant at a clearance between an inner periphery of the conduit tube and an outer periphery of the inner cable,

• wherein the plurality of strands are provided in the form of a plurality of first strands each comprised of three pieces of element wires twisted in a reverse direction relative to the winding direction of the first strands around the core wire and a plurality of second strands each comprised of three pieces of element wires twisted in the same direction as the winding direction of the second strands around the core wire, and wherein the first and second strands are alternately wound around the core wire.