Old 11-15-13, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by eaglos
Well, a set o Koyo bearings cost 8-10 Euros and will easily give you 10.000km. With
that money you only buy junk BBs like the UN-26 (had three, lasted 200, 280, 320km).
I would have to spend 20 Euros (twice as much for the Koyos) to get better stuff like
the UN-55 but we (co-bikers) have had big mileage variations from it.

And of course the fact that in the end, a set of bearings is less garbage than a sealed
bottom bracket (axle, bearings, cups, cover). Anyway, we use whatever fits us best
so there is no point in all this sealed vs whatever thing

Not even 200 miles from a single BB?!
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