Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
Bill, that's a really good perspective. So if neglecting your BB is your mode, you want an old fashioned BB, not a cartridge.
Hey, wait a minute now. If you DON'T want to neglect your BB, you overhaul it every so often. And if it's a cartridge BB, you don't; you just wait for it to fail.
That leaves no advantage whatsoever to a cartridge BB.
What am I missing here?