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Old 01-23-14 | 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by FastJake
Did I travel back in time? I didn't realize this was 1994

Almost every MTB I've come across since the late 90s has had a 73mm BB shell. Except for the stupid new ones with the press fit nonsense.
Since 1994, I've owned 12 mountain bikes. Most of them were Specialized but not all of them. Not one of them has had a 73mm bottom bracket shell, including the current crop of mountain bikes that I have. That includes a Specialized Epic (2003), a Specialized Rock Hopper (2009), a Specialized Stumpjumper Pro (2003), a Moots YBB (1998) and a Nashbar Flashback (1998 cruiser/mountain bike).

I also volunteer at a coop every Saturday and see bikes of every vintage imaginable. I have yet to see a 73mm bottom bracket there. By the law of the Bike Depot, however, every bike I see this Saturday will probably have a 73mm bottom bracket that needs replacement and we don't have any
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