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Pretty much. He's made and sells these BBs that are within tight tolerances that need to be perfectly aligned, but they don't fit in a small(?) subset of frames that have bent shells that perhaps shouldn't have passed QC, so he's pissed off his product don't work/sell?
To be fair, I do get the whole argument about shelling (pun unintended) thousands on a frame where the BB shell is out-of-spec, but I don't think I've either had issues with a good old threaded frame and BB anyway, so defo not for me.
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but they don't fit in a small(?) subset of frames that have bent shells that perhaps shouldn't have passed QC, so he's pissed off his product don't work/sell?
Not here to defend him as a person(ality), just explaining the product: He's pissed at the poor QC in general, and his product solves the problem by being a one-piece BB (or the thread-together version) with the bearings much better aligned within that BB. There are products with the same idea, in a similar price range by other brands like bbinfinite.
My frame's PF30 BB was creaking crazy with the basic shimano BB, but a Wheelsmfg thread-together BB solved the issue entirely.
If you follow someone less abrasive like Rhino's workshop you can see other people being fed-up with having to face surfaces and chase threads on brand new premium £3-4k frames.
kiskubai
Also, isn't the issue with BBs, as I believe he has literally posted about himself, that frame shells are pretty poorly made/finished, and that's what causes premature wear/failure in modern BBs?
Does his kit somehow ameliorate that? Is it somehow better than paying your LBS £80 to chase and face your frame and then going back to Shimano?