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07-31-07 | 02:12 PM

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neil0502

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Originally Posted by gmason

I rode the new setup about 25 miles today. Lots of climbing and rolling terrain. No noises or roughness at all from the BB. After I got back, when rotating the pedals it feels as though things loosened up a bit.

DID it loosen up, though? Did you stick the torque wrench back on it to see if you could verify it, quantitatively?

[cough]chase and face[cough, cough]

I think I'd still recommend it. Otherwise, you're going to be vexed by the cycling equivalent of a silly piece of foam not sticking to the shuttle exterior correctly (or some similar JPL analogy....).

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