Are all square taper fixed cups left hand threads?
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That paint if it gets compromised is simple attrition from doing the job right, my method seldom does much, if anything to it, either way it may be unavoidable so is not damage, just the simple cost of doing business at the end of the day.
The threads are far more important than that bit of paint.
Nice try, splitting hairs as usual in defense of a shortcut, nice and pointless.
The threads are far more important than that bit of paint.
Nice try, splitting hairs as usual in defense of a shortcut, nice and pointless.
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That paint if it gets compromised is simple attrition from doing the job right, my method seldom does much, if anything to it, either way it may be unavoidable so is not damage, just the simple cost of doing business at the end of the day.
The threads are far more important than that bit of paint.
Nice try, splitting hairs as usual in defense of a shortcut, nice and pointless.
The threads are far more important than that bit of paint.
Nice try, splitting hairs as usual in defense of a shortcut, nice and pointless.
The threads are important. What is it that you say is happening to those threads that they need to be serviced twice a year? Does the same principle apply to axle threads, water bottle bolts and stem bolts?
I put a Campy fixed cup into a Cannondale using a bench vise in 1989, and when I removed it 20 years later the grease was still green. And that was with dissimilar metals.
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I still have a few bikes with vintage bottom brackets, but if something happened where I needed to replace the crankset, I'd also pull the bottom bracket and throw a Hollowtech II crank in there like a shot.
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I'm not just picking on bike shops. This is the way of the world. What's the minimum wage in your town? Here it's $20. What's the hourly labor price at a shop? $50? More?
Anyone with free time can do this simple job for the price of a spanner and 22 ball bearings.
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