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08-15-15 | 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by justinzane

Any thoughts on the so called "universal" BB386 from FSA? It seems to work with BSA, BB30, PF30, MegaExo, BBRight frames and a reasonable array of cranks. Is this actually practical or just marketing hype?

At which point you're talking about buying a new bike instead of just replacing a crankset or frameset.

Remember. Right now you have a 68mm threaded BB. You can't just take a 68mm threaded BB386 and plop it in a pressfit frameset.

"Universal" Isn't really at all universal. Also, many (like me) are of the opinion that 68mm English thread BB interfaces are still superior to any of the pressfit nonsense frames come with today. Pressfit mind you was invented to save frame makers money in tooling-not because it works better in any way for the consumer.

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