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Old 08-28-08 | 03:54 PM
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Okay, here's the reply I got back from White Industries about the BB Mihlbach showed:

The bottom brackets can be overhauled easily. There is a lock ring that needs to be removed on the non drive side utilizing a Shimano lock ring removal tool, the cups can be removed utilizing a Shimano BB cup removal tool. The bearings are a press fit so all you would need to do is press out the bearing and repress a new one in. Really the bearings are the only thing you would ever need to replace and they have a high load capacity rating so should last a long while.
In my mind, this makes it the best option you could get, even better than Phil Wood. The fact that you can overhaul your own bearings means you'll never buy a BB again, and you can easily pop new bearings in for a good $8 if you do the labor yourself (which anyone could do with the right tools). But they come stock with Enduro which are already high quality bearings so you wouldn't need to do overhaul for a year or two most likely.

Thanks Mihlbach for the link... I'm gonna run this as my next BB I think.
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