It's Chris
12-31-1969, 08:00 PM
From: riggodeezil@hotmail.com
>BTW, I was joking about becoming an
>early adopter. BB30 might be "viable"
>but, really, what's the point? Other than
>to separate you from more $ in the quest
>for "more stiffness" that you don't need.
>Nothing wrong with the ol' square taper
>design for 99 and 44/100% of all cyclists
>out there. Marketing is the most powerful
>force in the universe...
>Personally, I find the whole "outboard"
>thing offensive on purely aesthetic
>grounds. I prefer my headset cups on the
>outside and my BB bearings on the
>inside...I guess that makes me "old
>school" or maybe just "old".
Not old, just sensable. I often wonder why so few people questioned why
the manufacturers went to all that trouble to stuff the headset bearings
IN the frame, only to turn around a day later and yank the bb bearings
OUT?
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"Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"
If you want to E-mail me use:
ChrisZCorner "at" webtv "dot" net
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>BTW, I was joking about becoming an
>early adopter. BB30 might be "viable"
>but, really, what's the point? Other than
>to separate you from more $ in the quest
>for "more stiffness" that you don't need.
>Nothing wrong with the ol' square taper
>design for 99 and 44/100% of all cyclists
>out there. Marketing is the most powerful
>force in the universe...
>Personally, I find the whole "outboard"
>thing offensive on purely aesthetic
>grounds. I prefer my headset cups on the
>outside and my BB bearings on the
>inside...I guess that makes me "old
>school" or maybe just "old".
Not old, just sensable. I often wonder why so few people questioned why
the manufacturers went to all that trouble to stuff the headset bearings
IN the frame, only to turn around a day later and yank the bb bearings
OUT?
- -
Compliments of:
"Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"
If you want to E-mail me use:
ChrisZCorner "at" webtv "dot" net
My website:
http://geocities.com/czcorner