Originally Posted by
zymphad
Ok, thanks for the replies. I just didn't know if this was normal or not, didn't want to worry about cable wearing into the aluminum. I'll just stick to shoving teflon tubing through them then.
Cable guides used to be on top of the BB on steel frames. Painted steel guides, no plastic at all. He k, back then nobody ever heard of plastic.
. Anyway no liner is needed. Bare metal works fine. Al is soft, but not too soft to last for a long time.