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wenzovic
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Proper built up today!
Handles veeery differently than the volume, also will dig out my zipp drops to put on it. Then I can take proper pics!
One issue I ran into was making the Hope BB compatible with the omnium... which I actually failed to do, so now I have the old rugged Sram BB in.
I got a 24-22mm adapter so the axle fits nicely in the NDS bearing. However, I couldn't tighten the NDS arm on well enough to avoid any lateral movement. I'll put 2 bad pictures up to show the difference between the axle that shows outside the cup.
With Sram's GXP BB:
With the Hope BB and adapter:
See the green grease-spots that's visible when it's the Hope cup on, but not when installed in the Sram GXP
(I have the dustcap which fits on the spindles tightly, just not put on for the pics.)
Now, I have some spacers for the BB and I'm aware using that could eliminate any lateral movement. However, this would make it work so I practically tighten the entire crankset together, meaning the driveside will rub against the bearing as well. I'd rather make it work as Sram originally intended GXP to work - only tighten the NDS bearing from 2 sides, and let the DS float. But it seems I'm either missing a spacer or Hope's bearing is narrower than Sram's?
Anyone got any tips to make the Hope BB work with omnomnoms?