A long time, probably close to ten years hah! But then again, if I was interested in just riding something cheap that did the job, I wouldn't own a Riv, would I....
On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > On 04/28/2016 12:11 PM, Mike in WA wrote: > >> Different kettle of fish from the square taper world, but I'll be >> upgrading to a Chris King Threadfit BB ($155) when my disposable Shimano BB >> ($20) goes bad. Riding in dirt and wet conditions all the time leads to a >> lot of grime, and I found the cheapo bottom brackets go bad in about a >> year. With the King design, you can easily flush out and add new grease >> with a special tool, whereas the Shimanos say "do not disassemble" on the >> cups and you have to just throw them away when they get contaminated. I'd >> rather have something that is serviceable and won't creak or squeak (like >> some cheap BB's do because of larger mfg. tolerances) over the long term. >> > > How long do you think it will take you to break even? > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/uQgg6v9B0tk/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
