Originally Posted by
JohnDThompson
A high quality cup-and-cone bottom bracket will last indefinitely with regular maintenance. A person may find this preferable to a modern disposable cartridge unit for a number of reasons, particularly if the frame has odd threading for which reasonably priced cartridge units are not readily available.
Isn't lasting almost indefinitely a valid enough reason in and of itself? Or are you implying that in our throw away society something disposable is inherently superior to something which, with a bit of service, will stay out of the wast stream?