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Spanish BB Length
erenes:
--- Quote ---someone should make an adjustable length bb spacer, kind of like the colony adjustable headset one
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someone should make an adjustable length bb shell on the frame, kind of like... bla bla blah
dude...:
--- Quote from: erenes on January 09, 2015, 01:13:37 PM ---
--- Quote ---someone should make an adjustable length bb spacer, kind of like the colony adjustable headset one
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someone should make an adjustable length bb shell on the frame, kind of like... bla bla blah
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erenes:
#1
--- Quote ---I hate tube spacers, they never fit nicely. Be glad it was too short, and not too long. I have had problems with BBs for like 10 years and the biggest annoyance is having too long tube spacers, had to go to a machine shop to get it cut nicely.
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#2
--- Quote ---Better to have too much spacer than not enough.
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Somehow Im always in the team "#2", using spanish bearings with alloy cups inside mid bb shell since few years (looking like smaller version of Us bb). Cause I only had extra Spanish bearing and cup to fit MID when Mid exploded in the middle of the night. Then never replaced back to proper Mid bearing. Then recetly cracked the 19mm bb axle in the middle of the night. Too far away from my garage but somehow had access to extra 19mm axle. But one small spacer lost when the axle exploded. Removed most of spacers from old rusty axle. Then put on the new axle. And still missing one after instalation. So having 5 of 6 needed spacers inside BB, all making rattling noise and bearings still slowing down. And not having any will or power or tools to remove again whole set and no missing last 1mm spacer. Dude, that night I would love your adjustable BB lenght spacer.
actual BB is MID 73mm + sticking out cups to Spanish making it somwhow something close to Spanish 77mm?
dude...:
ok yeah i get what you mean, sorry bit of a misunderstanding.
if the tube spacer is aluminium, you can cut it down and file it flat pretty easily.
and yeah its super annoying when you dont have enough spacers in the bb, and have to take the bearing back out to add more. if theres not enough in there, there might as well be none at all for the good that theyll do
id also recommend harvesting bbs out of old frames that other riders dont want anymore (people throw away perfectly good bbs and spacers all the time because they can be bothered to remove it from their old frame.
erenes:
--- Quote from: dude... on January 09, 2015, 09:38:34 PM ---ok yeah i get what you mean, sorry bit of a misunderstanding.
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No, I really meant adjustable shell. HA HA HA.
If adjustable spacer can be done, adjustable shell probably too. It is not a rocket science.
WTF LOL :)
Both of them - adjustable spacer and adjustable shell make no sense. too complicated, too heavy, too expensive. A right spacer and couple of small washers if needed are good enough.
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