Originally Posted by
ksryder
I think the problem is not enough people want a Gossamer crank to make it worth their while.
There's plenty of other BBs that offer italian-threaded products. Thing is, the Gossamer is at best a mediocre crank, so even though you might eventually be able to source a third-party italian-threaded solution, you have to decide whether it's worth the time and effort. I ran a Gossamer for a couple of years before upgrading to a Shimano 105 and I have no complaints.
My experience with the MegaEVO bottom bracket was that it was reasonably stiff, but it couldn't handle adverse conditions (like winter gravel riding) very well -- after just a couple months of riding it would get stiff and crunchy, despite regular servicing. I replaced a couple and they were higher-priced than I thought they should be, and had the same issue, before I swapped to shimano Hollowtech II and have been running that with no problems for a couple of years.
Sucks that you have to deal with this. Crank/BB compatibility issues are a huge PITA due to the approximately eleventy bajillion different standards.
Gossamer cranks are a crank on the same value as an Ultegra crank so my question to you is - what in the hell are you talking about? Furthermore the MegaEVO is about as stiff as the Campy Record crank which while a bit lighter scratches very easily because of the crank arm shape. Where are you getting your opinions from? When this thread was started MegaEVO was new. So how could you have been running it for a couple of years?
I had a very bad start of the year so only have 3,000 miles and 125,000 feet of climbing for the year but that surely shows I'm not sitting around and NONE of the FSA parts have even worn a little. The teeth on the crank hardly show any wear. FSA sells chain rings for a very nominal price. You can't even find replacement rings for Campy unless you want to go to the distributor and pay more for a set of replacement rings than you would for an entirely new crank off of Amazon.
I do not like the FSA carbon cranks which still use a metal shaft despite using sealed bearings.