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Samuli-
Or was it to make production cheaper, skipping the threading
That is usually how these things tend to go:
A design that is 'better' in some marketable ways and after x years and y sales will be cheaper to produce. And by the end of the product cycle that saving will have covered most development costs.Really, they could just follow Amey's Pinterest, take some notes and go riding.
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Or was it to make production cheaper, skipping the threading
Also to avoid having metal inserts in the BB area, as trying to mould threads into carbon tends to be doomed to failure.
miro_o
Brommers
Why do pressfit bbs exist?
Was it to allow access wider shell area (for stiffness) ...... or was it to move weight off the frame spec sheet?
#tinfoilhat