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Jasper Janssen
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On 5 Dec 2005 05:49:49 -0800, "Qui si parla Campagnolo"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Agree but my point is that standard dimensions of a frame, like the ID
>of the headtube and threaded portion of a BB shell is a much better
>idea than a ton of unique to that frame HS and BB dimensions, like
>Klein, Merlin and many frames with IH.
Well, we appear to be violently in agreement then. OTOH, if someone came
up with an IH that took industry-standard-sized bearings (rather than
rolling (no pun intended) their own, custom, unlikely-to-be-stocked-much-
longer-than-it's-sold-new bearings), I'd applaud them. Motorcycles seem
(from watching Orange County Choppers, at least) to use that style a lot,
actually, 6003 or similar bearings pressfitted into the headtube, and then
a bolt through there that links the upper and lower parts of the crown
assembly thingy.
Of course, I don't really think it's viable to use industry bearings with
an industry-standard steerer diameter, so. Maybe for a manufacturer that
makes its own shock forks.
But still, the BB variant of it? *So* in favour of it.
Jasper
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Agree but my point is that standard dimensions of a frame, like the ID
>of the headtube and threaded portion of a BB shell is a much better
>idea than a ton of unique to that frame HS and BB dimensions, like
>Klein, Merlin and many frames with IH.
Well, we appear to be violently in agreement then. OTOH, if someone came
up with an IH that took industry-standard-sized bearings (rather than
rolling (no pun intended) their own, custom, unlikely-to-be-stocked-much-
longer-than-it's-sold-new bearings), I'd applaud them. Motorcycles seem
(from watching Orange County Choppers, at least) to use that style a lot,
actually, 6003 or similar bearings pressfitted into the headtube, and then
a bolt through there that links the upper and lower parts of the crown
assembly thingy.
Of course, I don't really think it's viable to use industry bearings with
an industry-standard steerer diameter, so. Maybe for a manufacturer that
makes its own shock forks.
But still, the BB variant of it? *So* in favour of it.
Jasper