Sorry if I wasn't clear. They just greased the threads which they said were bone dry. It's a sealed cartridge and I think what they were saying is that if the grease is gone from those threads it can lead to the sort of play in the bracket that I was experiencing. I do think that New York city has a tendency to generate a lot of fine soot like dust that can gum up the greasy parts of a bicycle. Not to mention I did a few long rides in some extreme wet weather last summer. And there is a little hole in the bottom of the Atlantis's bracket.
On Apr 7, 7:58 pm, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 4:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So I took my Atlantis to a shop and had them take a look. They said > > that it was bone dry in there and that the bottom bracket had loosened > > up. They took it out, greased it up, and reinstalled it. Everything > > seems to be working great now. They said they recommend regreasing it > > once a year b/c wet riding and city riding tend to dry it out. I > > asked the guys at the shop if you can overtighten a bottom bracket in > > a bike like the Atlantis and they basically said no. They said they > > like to make them super-tight. I'm wondering if folks think that's > > true. > > City riding won't "dry it out" any faster than riding in rural Arcadias or > in suburban mazes. I haven't looked at my bbs since they were installed, > what, in one case 9500 miles ago and, in t'other, 5500 miles ago -- they're > phils, but I expect good cup and cones would fare the same -- and they're as > smooth as the day there were installed. Of course, we don't get much rain in > Albuquerque. And yes, tork your cups or lockrings down, it won't hurt a > thing and they won't loosen up. > > One of the nicest bb assemblies I ever owned and installed was an old cup > 'n' cone Dura Ace 113 that I got 2nd-3d-4th hand and installed on a (heavy, > old, flexy) Raleigh Technium sport tourer (loooong stays) fixed gear > conversion. It set up as easily as a cartridge, almost, and was as smooth as > the Phils. I stupidly sold it with the Raleigh. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > Professional Resumes. Contact [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
