Thread: Vintage Trek bottom bracket open groove cable guide
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Old 10-07-21, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Unca_Sam
I use a liner too in the brazed on guides on top of the BB. An idea on getting the liner to stay put in the groove would be a few dots of shoe goo or contact cement to keep it from moving.

A better idea is to use ultra-slick shift die drawn cables, or even polymer coated cables.
I've had the black coated cables- and that flakes off- I can only imagine any rubbing on metal will make it flake off.
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