Originally Posted by
TSawyerLV
I searched for a thread and couldn't find one - I apologize if this has been beaten to death.
My simple question is, are pressed fit bottom brackets inferior to threaded? Would the members of this forum base a purchase decision (all things being somewhat equal) on what type of bottom bracket a bike has?
I'll fully admit that I have not owned a press-fit BB bike, and that my current attitude towards them is misinformed, that all it takes is proper setup and press-fit is fine, blah blah blah. But no, I wouldn't buy a bike with press-fit bearings. With no personal experience with them, all I have to go by is the horror stories I've seen online about them. They abound.
To my ears, arguments like "press-fit are actually awesome, it's just that manufacturers don't keep tolerances tight enough to work well with them blah blah blah" sound exactly like "communism is actually pretty awesome, it's just that the Soviet Union and China did communism wrong blah blah blah."