Originally Posted by
JohnDThompson
Not always. E.g., vintage Sturmey-Archer hubs use caged balls, and I have pedals from Ofmega and Miche that also use caged balls.
Even there, caged balls offering a full complement are used in high-end bottom brackets.
I didn’t even know that there were cages with the same amount of balls as loose. Learn something new every day on here.
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