No just pedal harder the dirt and grime under pressure will turn to diamond rendering your bottom bracket:
1) Immortal 2) Priceless On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 8:44 PM, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net>wrote: > > Wait, we have to replace those? :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: dougP ** > Sent: Sep 4, 2013 8:37 PM > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Subject: [RBW] Re: Lifetime of Tange Bottom Bracket > > Mike: > > My Atlantis arrived in 2003, and I replaced the original Tange BB in late > 08. I did not keep accurate mileage then but a fair guess is around about > 20,000 miles. Most of my riding is in a dry, benign climate. Current BB > is Shimano & somewhere in the 25,000 to 30,000 mile range. . > > dougP > > On Wednesday, September 4, 2013 6:06:22 PM UTC-7, MikeC wrote: >> >> What are sorts of lifetimes are folks getting from the Tange BBs that >> come with the Hillbornes and other fine Rivendells. >> >> -Mike >> > -- > 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > ** > > -- > 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- "I want the kind of six pack you can't drink." -- Micah -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.