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Forum: Road Cycling

09-20-19, 10:14 AM

Replies: 48

So, about the Madone and the BB90 issues: legit or overblown?

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Posted By smashndash

I’ll start off by saying I don’t trust any...

I’ll start off by saying I don’t trust any company to follow through on warranty claims anymore after the horrible experience I had with Specialized. I’d rather just get a bike that works out the...

Forum: Road Cycling

09-19-19, 10:52 AM

Replies: 48

So, about the Madone and the BB90 issues: legit or overblown?

Views: 19,421

Posted By smashndash

Stock BB90 doesn’t use those reducers :(. Look up...

Stock BB90 doesn’t use those reducers :(. Look up the Enduro BB90 kit. I have literally 0 clue as to why anyone would choose a non-standard bearing rather than a standard (cheaper) bearing and a 5...

Forum: Road Cycling

09-19-19, 09:52 AM

Replies: 48

So, about the Madone and the BB90 issues: legit or overblown?

Views: 19,421

Posted By smashndash

There's also the fact (though hard to verify for...

There's also the fact (though hard to verify for myself...) that BB90 uses a slip-fit (or "transition") vs a true press-fit (or "interference"). In my uneducated opinion, this probably has something...

Forum: Road Cycling

09-18-19, 09:57 AM

Replies: 48

So, about the Madone and the BB90 issues: legit or overblown?

Views: 19,421

Posted By smashndash

Genuinely curious - why would these factors...

Genuinely curious - why would these factors affect pressfit more than threaded BBs? Even threaded BBs use bearings that are pressed into alloy cups, which have threads in them.

Forum: Road Cycling

09-17-19, 10:29 PM

Replies: 48

So, about the Madone and the BB90 issues: legit or overblown?

Views: 19,421

Posted By smashndash

Those are practically dead and gone, now that DUB...

Those are practically dead and gone, now that DUB and HT2 are the dominant spindles. Small crank mfgs can’t afford to make a crank that only fits on a handful of bikes. Even Cannondale has moved away...

Forum: Road Cycling

09-17-19, 09:04 PM

Replies: 48

So, about the Madone and the BB90 issues: legit or overblown?

Views: 19,421

Posted By smashndash

The crazy thing about tolerances is that it’s...

The crazy thing about tolerances is that it’s usually only a minority of people affected by them. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. I would say even a 2% defect rate would be enough to cause...

Forum: Road Cycling

09-05-19, 11:07 PM

Replies: 48

So, about the Madone and the BB90 issues: legit or overblown?

Views: 19,421

Posted By smashndash

As stated above, the design is known to be...

As stated above, the design is known to be flawed. It is the only specification that I know of that allows a bearing to be pressed into raw carbon anymore. Even Cannondale, the inventor of the...

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