Originally Posted by
lajt
I wonder how long it would take before it would actually cut its way completely through?
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I've always left the bare cables on all my bikes. The most wear I experienced was on an Alan aluminum frame. The cable cut into the BB about half the thickness of the cable. That was after 55,000 miles. Then seat lug cracked and that frame went to the great recycler in the sky. Let me add, I shift a lot.