BBBBBB30

I’m getting a bicycle tomorrow* and suspect to be riding it this weekend. It’s a Cannondale CAAD9 4, it comes stock with Rival shifting and Cannondale’s BB30 bottom bracket standard (with SRAM Force cranks). I’m looking forward to it, especially the part of learning more about BB30: what it rides like, what it’s durability is like, what it’s maintenance is all about.

I don’t anticipate this standard will wipe away any opinions I have about good ol’ square tapers, but I do think it will surprise me for the positive. Checking out the several I’ve worked on at the shop the past few months has impressed me a bit already. Installation, while blunt and ungraceful, seems like a piece of cake. Extraction, equally so.

I’ll be happy if it spins even half as smooth and fast as the UN54 that’s been neglected and un-inspected for four + years in my fixie. And I’ll surely be happy if it spins faster than the outboards on the ‘cross bikes in this household. We shall soon see.

* or rather it’s shipping tomorrow.

No Comments so far
Leave a comment



Leave a comment
Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

Name (required)

E-mail (required)

URI

Your Comment