Originally Posted by sydney
That's nonsense too.... The Centaur and lower campy BB aren't noted for long life, but they are cheap.
Bingo...and a lot of Veloces for the price of a Centaur BB and they last as long. Parts wear out...depends how you ride OP. Campy stuff is as robust as any good gruppo out there and ergo levers are rebuildable and Shimano aren't...or at least not easily.
Bang for buck, Campy mid grade is impossible to beat.
7K miles on a hard ridden and inexpensive BB is OK...I might get less on my Veloce BB...still perfect at 4K...but if I get 7K...good enough..new Veloce BB is 20 bones on e-bay.
George