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05-02-12 | 05:41 PM

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caloso

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Originally Posted by aramis

Thanks for the advice. I actually forgot that I had an ultegra 6700 front derailleur on there because I switched this groupset from a frame with a clamp on FD and the Ultegra was about half the price of the DA one (and the current frame takes a braze on FD).

I think that one should be ok with a compact.

Will this Bottom Bracket work, and would it be a bad choice for any reason?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

That BB is fine. It's pretty much identical to the Red BB, but uses steel rather than ceramic bearings. I have had both, can't tell the difference between the two, and the cost difference is significant.

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