Originally Posted by
Bob Dopolina
I don't know how this isn't getting through but folks, BB30 ISN'T cheaper to manufacture.
Again, NOT CHEAPER.
Crappy Chinese frame factories prefer BSA because it IS less expensive and technically less demanding for them to do.
[Not necessarily arguing...nor agreeing...but...] What then was the purpose for inventing BB30? If they already had a cheaper, easier way to manufacture BBs which had superior strength and durability? [I wouldn't buy the argument that it was merely to save a fraction of an ounce of weight]
Now, I'm no egg-spurt on bikes, nor manufacturing...but it seems to me, that BB30s could be installed completely by machines....whereas standard threaded BBs would, if nothing else, require an actual human to adjust. No?