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On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:10:00 GMT, [email protected] (BigBen)
wrote:
>If I were in Shimano's shoes, now apparently no "big" manufacturer
>makes square tapper bb s, I much just as well stop making square
>tapper bb s after a few years of launching the Octalink
Actually, Shimano still makes loads of square-taper cranks and BB
units; far more than they make (in raw numbers) of all other types, in
fact. There is no danger that they will stop doing so, either.
That's because the commodity-level (Alivio and cheaper) cranks are
what is used on the vast majority of bikes made, not the
performance-level stuff. In addition, the Octalink is apparently
being phased out as Hollowtech II filters down to the lower-priced
performance groups. I would bet that the Octalink vanishes and
becomes an unpleasant memory long before Shimano contemplates halting
production of square-taper BBs. In point of fact, while the
Hollowtech II cranks are their glitz and glamour items, the square
taper is (and will remain) their major product; it's the
commodity-level stuff that contributes the majority of the company's
bottom line, I'm sure.
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wrote:
>If I were in Shimano's shoes, now apparently no "big" manufacturer
>makes square tapper bb s, I much just as well stop making square
>tapper bb s after a few years of launching the Octalink
Actually, Shimano still makes loads of square-taper cranks and BB
units; far more than they make (in raw numbers) of all other types, in
fact. There is no danger that they will stop doing so, either.
That's because the commodity-level (Alivio and cheaper) cranks are
what is used on the vast majority of bikes made, not the
performance-level stuff. In addition, the Octalink is apparently
being phased out as Hollowtech II filters down to the lower-priced
performance groups. I would bet that the Octalink vanishes and
becomes an unpleasant memory long before Shimano contemplates halting
production of square-taper BBs. In point of fact, while the
Hollowtech II cranks are their glitz and glamour items, the square
taper is (and will remain) their major product; it's the
commodity-level stuff that contributes the majority of the company's
bottom line, I'm sure.
--
Typoes are a feature, not a bug.
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