This has happened to me (on my canti-rom, coincidentally), and now I favor Shimano UN-54 BBs, which tend to last a long time. I can get six of those for the price of one Phil. Just the Phil replacement bearings cost more than the Shimano BB, so I can't quite understand the long- term value of spending the extra dough on the Phil BB.
Phil includes a little bottle of thread adhesive with their BB rings. If you use grease on the threads instead of thread-adhesive, which is a tempting shortcut, the BB will eventually loosen up unless you really torque it down. My suspicion is that having it installed too tightly stresses the bearings such that they wear prematurely. On Feb 5, 10:13 pm, "Ralph Rognstad Jr." <[email protected]> wrote: > I am overhauling my Canti Rom to get ready for the brevet season and > have found that the bearings in the bottom bracket are shot. I only put > about 7,000 miles on it over the last two seasons. I did have several > long rides in pouring rain. Is this typical or should I have gotten > more miles out of it? My LBS is in the process of talking to Phil Wood. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
