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Friend's been riding his Cutthroat with a Hope BB, seems to have survived a fair amount of miles in around the Peaks/Pennines and 80km up and down the Rochdale canal pretty much every day in prep, will have to see how it holds up over there though...
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Greg right? I think the Hope BB is the only option that will last. Do they do a ceramic version? My ceramic x-type hope BB has done close to 10000 miles, runs perfect.
Mike Hall's tracker was dodgy on Trans America couple of years ago too. I wonder if he just turns it off to save batteries or so people don't know where he is.
Josh Kato is nearly at the border on day1, which is craziness, and I heard from my friend Nigel they've had freezing rain most of the day, it's been harsh.
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I was actually looking for carbon 29er frames with similar geo to the cutthroat - there aren't many...closest I could find was a hardtail spesh rockhopper. All the rest had long top tubes, obviously designed around risers.
Not sure what they were thinking with pressfit. I wonder how many riders have a spare BB with them...and some field solution to changing it out. I think I saw some people on that list swapping it out for aftermarket alternatives in the hope it lasts longer.