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Duragrouch
Nice link, thanks!
I'm happy with my 24mm system with threaded external bearings into 68mm BB shell (replaced ancient-design separate square-taper axle, caged bearings, and cups, I stayed with that a long time, because it was *adjustable* to take up slack from wear, and rebuildable, cartridge BBs can't do that. NOTE: New caged bearings at LBS: $1 each); No need for any sort of press or tool to press bearings in and out. 24mm seems plenty stiff axle for me. I suppose if I bought a new road bike without a threaded BB, I'd need to use one of the newer standards, but that will never happen. I have one road bike, bought new in '89, and don't expect to ever buy another, I'm in townie and tour mode now. Durability, ease of service, low cost are what matters.
You may have skipped the internal pressfit era completely by doing that. They're all switching to T47 threaded now. The bearings are still pressfit though, into cups which are threaded.
https://wheelsmfg.com/blog/what-is-a...m-bracket.html (blog post is a bit old)
A lot to be said for keeping things maintainable. Someone expressed shock at my lack of electronic shifting and disc brakes on my 2019 bike at the weekend
