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Old 01-28-16 | 02:30 PM
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Synapse 7/8 bb shell question

Does anyone know if the current models of Cannondale Synapse 7/sora and 8/claris have normal BSA bottom bracket shells, or are they bb30 with some kind of adapter?

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Old 01-28-16 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by C9H13N
Does anyone know if the current models of Cannondale Synapse 7/sora and 8/claris have normal BSA bottom bracket shells, or are they bb30 with some kind of adapter?

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AFAIK there is no adapter that allows the use of a square taper cartridge bottom bracket in a BB30 shell, so they must be BSA.
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Do bb30-bsa adapter sleeves like the FSA one only work with outboard bearing BBs then?

For the record I want a real BSA shell, not some kind of dodgy adapter nonsense.
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Originally Posted by C9H13N
Do bb30-bsa adapter sleeves like the FSA one only work with outboard bearing BBs then?

For the record I want a real BSA shell, not some kind of dodgy adapter nonsense.
You know, that's a good question. I hadn't considered that they might use on of those metal shell inserts. I can think of no reason why it wouldn't work with a square taper bottom bracket. Taking a look at the Cannondale website it's not obvious:



But it doesn't look big enough to be a BB30 BB shell to me. Only way to be sure would be to go look at one I guess.
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