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so, my bottom bracket has had too much play. i think to myself, i think "i may as well take this thing apart, give it a clean, and have all spankingly nice and smooth."
i take out the non-dive side cup and and the bearing cage is in 3 or 4 bits, same with the fixed side.
how the fuck dioes this happen? it's not as if i was using acid in lieu of grease.
after the clean i just put the bearings back in sans-cage (bit of fucking about but it spins that little bit more smoothly and i reckon i've saved 2-3grams in weight).
but yea, anyone else experienced anything similar to this?