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Old 07-15-18 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Kontact
All the ones used in the '80s worked great. Klein, Merlin, Gary Fisher, etc.
I wasn't too impressed with the Edco "Grip" threadless cartridge. This unit uses eccentric cups to lock the cartridge in place. A clever idea, in principle, and it allows a wide range of chainline adjustment. Itt worked well for most of a season, but the problem I ran into was that in cold weather, the aluminum cups shrank more than the steel shell, and the cartridge would come loose in the frame.

I had been using it in a frame with no useable bottom bracket threads. I ended up getting the Bicycle Research bottom bracket reamer/Italian tap set and cut Italian threads into the shell. It's been fine ever since.



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