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  • Anyone have experience with BSA30 bottom brackets (bsa screw in fitment, but 30mm axle)? Anything to worry about?

    I'd like to fit a rotor 3d30 crank to a sl3 tarmac, so would swap the standard shimano bb for a bsa30 (probably rotor as the other options seem expensive). There's less room for the thread, and maybe the bearings are a bit smaller than a standard 24mm bb, but Im guessing it make no difference in practise?

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    Yes, I’m a bit worried about the bearings. I tried a normal 24mm rotor bb years ago and it lasted 10 minutes, so don’t really like the thought of one with smaller bearings, nor do I like the thought of spending £100 on a bottom bracket.

    I’d be interested if you have a job lot of bsa30 bbs sitting around that you’d offload at less than new prices!

    Really I want a 3d24 but they’re impossible to find (bit of a story - I have a 3d24 with q-rings and a pm Ive swapped between bikes for maybe 12 years. I’m tired of swapping, and don’t care about the pm so much, but still want q-rings. I’ve tried q-rings on a non rotor crank and the shifting was crap so inclined to stick with rotor. However you just can’t get a 3d24, but 3d30s are readily available)

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