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Old 06-10-13 | 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by repechage
Campagnolo for their part went with 3/16" ball bearings for their ti bottom brackets. Who knows is that had anything to do with it.
Campagnolo also used pressed-on steel races on their titanium bottom brackets. These leave less space for the balls, so they need to be smaller to fit everything into the same space. Campagnolo used 3/16" balls; Zeus used 7/32" balls.
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