Integrated bottom bracket

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http://www.velonews.com/tech/report/articles/12051.0.html

Scroll down to the third article on this page, about Scott USA. As I
read this you can lock yourself into only being able to use a Dura Ace
bottom bracket, spend $3800 on the frameset only, and save a whopping
35 grams (1.35 oz).

38 grams is less than the weight of 3 tablespoons of water.

I'll think about that as I commute home from work today on my 40 lb
commuter bike.

Tom

Yep, stoopid design is just that. I wonder if it will be more
robust(emphasis on the 'bust'😉 that the BB shell I tore completely out
of a Scott frame, by tightening the BB cup..

email hidden said:

spend $3800 on the frameset only, and save a whopping
35 grams (1.35 oz).

Who buys his stuff? Is this like Dodge putting out Vipers and losing
money just so they can have something outrageously sporty and
expensive in the showroom - thereby giving buyers of the rest of the
line a piece of ego and a good feeling about the other overly
inflated, but still way high, price they are paying for the regular
stuff?

On Apr 14, 8:51 am, "Qui si parla Campagnolo" <[email hidden]>

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On Apr 13, 5:44 pm, "[email hidden]"

Quoted message said:

http://www.velonews.com/tech/report/articles/12051.0.html

Quoted message said:

Scroll down to the third article on this page, about Scott USA. As I
read this you can lock yourself into only being able to use a Dura Ace
bottom bracket, spend $3800 on the frameset only, and save a whopping
35 grams (1.35 oz).

Quoted message said:

38 grams is less than the weight of 3 tablespoons of water.

Quoted message said:

I'll think about that as I commute home from work today on my 40 lb
commuter bike.

Quoted message said:

Tom

Yep, stoopid design is just that. I wonder if it will be more
robust(emphasis on the 'bust'😉 that the BB shell I tore completely out
of a Scott frame, by tightening the BB cup..

Yup, thought of you Peter when I saw that design. Also, somewhat
ironic that they are putting the outboard bearings in, effectively
mimicking the older generations, but going OS. Isn't that what some
companies, like Pinarello, were proposing to do- increasing the BB
shell to get OS axle and bearings?

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On Apr 14, 8:51 am, "Qui si parla Campagnolo" <[email hidden]>

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On Apr 13, 5:44 pm, "[email hidden]"

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http://www.velonews.com/tech/report/articles/12051.0.html

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Scroll down to the third article on this page, about Scott USA. As I
read this you can lock yourself into only being able to use a Dura Ace
bottom bracket, spend $3800 on the frameset only, and save a whopping
35 grams (1.35 oz).

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

38 grams is less than the weight of 3 tablespoons of water.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I'll think about that as I commute home from work today on my 40 lb
commuter bike.

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Tom

Quoted message said:

Yep, stoopid design is just that. I wonder if it will be more
robust(emphasis on the 'bust'😉 that the BB shell I tore completely out
of a Scott frame, by tightening the BB cup..

Yup, thought of you Peter when I saw that design. Also, somewhat
ironic that they are putting the outboard bearings in, effectively
mimicking the older generations, but going OS. Isn't that what some
companies, like Pinarello, were proposing to do- increasing the BB
shell to get OS axle and bearings?

Trying but Euro frame builders don't have the market horsepower they
used to. Most of these propriatary BBs came with inserts for more
conventional BBs..unique to a frame is just plain dumb, as seen by
Fisher, Merlin, others. As long as frames have components from other
makers, the frame MUST be applicable to all gruppos.