Originally Posted by
dr_lha
Green Loctite is the way to go, it fixed up my BB30 (so far). But in my opinion BB30 is inherently flawed design. Failing in under a year from a factory install is not that uncommon in my experience, mine did (although not a C'Dale) and my friend's Super Six Evo's failed after about 2000 miles. Both of us take good care of our bikes.
That said if you complain about BB30 on the forum it will lead to two things. 1) People chiming in who "never had a problem" and 2) People telling you didn't fix it properly if you still get creaks. You really can't win with BB30, this is why I went old school English threaded on my new bike!
Yuuup. It's a self-fulfilling train of thought.
Never had a problem? Clearly it's installed properly.
Gotta a creak? It's not installed properly.
Gotta a creak and it's installed properly? It's not installed properly. Use X, Y, Z methods, or voodoo.
Gotta a creak and it's installed properly and X,Y,Z and voodoo didn't work? Buy Praxis, or whatever.
It's not the design, it's the installation. Always. Except when it's some adaptor. So spend more money!