Jim, Thanks for the reply. The reason I asked was because a friend of mine bought a Trek carbon fiber road bike last year and after 2200 miles had to replace the headset, bottom bracket and rear cassette. My friend acted like this was normal, but I wasn't sure since my Atlantis has over 4,000 miles and everything is fine. I was thinking that 2200 miles was kind of too soon to have these types of issues, but I wasn't sure if others riders were getting the same results as I was. Thanks again for the reply. V/R Shawn
On Apr 2, 11:58 am, Cyclofiend Jim <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Hi Shawn - > > That's a fairly broad question with a good number of variables: Fenders or > Open-Wheel?, Fair-Weather or Everyday? Delayed Maintenance or > Son-of-a-mechanic obsessive? > > Particularly with respect to the headset, where certain companies have > focused upon making "the best" and managed to gain significant use and > product loyalty. > > For me, the realization came during the El Niño winters of the late 90's. > I think I burned through three "standard" type headsets that winter on my > open wheeled mtb - so a month and a half each? The effect of rain and dirt > put a wonderfully fine spray of grinding paste up into the headtube, and > the cups and balls got pitted and scratched beyond repair. We'd slap in > larger bearings and extra grease, run neoprene "shields" on the headtube, > but nothing really mattered. I got really tired of dropping the fork and > pressing in another headset. At the time, I had full shop/tool access, so > it wasn't even a problem of paying for the labor (headset press - though > you can make one yourself - is one of those tools I never have bought.) > After number three, I bought a Chris King, which survived that bicycle and > moved to its replacement. I've continued that habit through this day, and > expect the headsets to last at least as long as the frameset. > > On bb's, I've always upgraded from the base model - mostly out of latent > weight-weenydom. The UN72 type bb's (as opposed to the UN53/intro level > ones) keep plugging along, and I know I've got over 10K on the ones in my > bikes right now. I've heard 20K pretty regularly. I've replaced many more > cogs, chainrings, cables and cranks than bb's. > > hope that's of some help - what type of bike are you putting these on? > > - Jim > > Cyclofiend / cyclofi...@gmail.com / Cyclofiend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
