Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
I haven't gone through 9 BBs in 32 years even including the ones I just got rid of when buying a new bike, ditching a bike or rebuilding it!
Same here. The only BB I had that was really useless was one I got off Ebay, that was a frozen solid cartridge. That one actually might have slowed me down if I tried using it.
otherwise, they last for years....... But I am still in English thread world, no BBxx on my old bikes.
