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Old 02-06-13 | 10:45 AM
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Bikes: 1991 Bianchi Eros, 1964 Armstrong, 1988 Diamondback Ascent, 1988 Bianchi Premio, 1987 Bianchi Sport SX, 1980s Raleigh mixte (hers), All-City Space Horse (hers)

Originally Posted by DayGloDago
I think the one thing we should all be able to agree on, is that it royally sucks, that there are SO many different BB standards out there! All this is doing, is ensuring compatibility complications, and guaranteeing that our ability to ride old bikes in the future will be greatly limited, as many of these different BB's will no-doubt become obsolete quickly, and it will be impossible to get compatible parts for them.
At the end of the day, this is my concern as well. I'm all for progress (the bikes any of us on BF ride are much-evolved from the very first bikes), but I'd hate to get a nice new bike and be unable to use it after a couple of years because nobody wants to support a particular part.
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