Oy. These posts make me long for the days when BB's were sold with axles, cups, and bearings as a separate but inclusive "kit". IIRC, Grant had several posts in his early Riv Readers lamenting the advent of cartridge bearing BB's in lieu of the old fashioned adjustable type and I don't blame him (I may have to peruse the readers to find some of these comments). Except that no one makes them anymore. It kinda reminds me of what a gear-head once told me when I asked him about repacking wheel bearings on automobile front axles, "Nobody does it; that's why they've gone to sealed cartridge bearings." So here we are, similarly, in the world of cartridge bike BB's whether we like it or not, tossing the old cheap units in the trash when they start to go South and/or lauding the high-dollar ones for lasting longer. Have we advanced? Well, it's kinda like the argument that's been hashed back and forth about threadless vs. threaded headsets: the one seems to facilitate manufacturing and assembly, the other has its place among those who want to take the time and patience to properly clean and maintain their bikes.
On Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 4:20:47 PM UTC-5, Gum N Nuts wrote: > > What does Riv use for stock bottom brackets? I'm curious because I've had > two different ones - one from a fully built-by-riv cheviot and one from a > hillborne frameset - completely eat it. The one on the cheviot lasted about > two hundred miles, maybe a thousand on the hillborne. No weird weather, > sometimes loaded for camping but otherwise pretty normal riding. Replaced > with $25 shimanos both times and no further worry after several thousand > more miles on each. > > On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 1:27:49 PM UTC-7, dstein wrote: >> >> Why are more expensive bottom brackets more expensive? What do you gain? >> Is it just durability? Or is there any sort of performance gain (ie, does >> it roll smoother, faster, etc)? >> >> I've worked on most bike parts now minus the bottom bracket and headset. >> About to change cranks on my hunqapillar form the Sugino triple (with a 107 >> or 110 bb) to a White Industries Eno (with a 113 bb). Trying to figure out >> if I go w/ the $40 bb on Riv's site? Or a White Industries or something >> similar? This bike will see 500-1000 miles a year on dirt and some mud. And >> support the occasional overnighter. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
