Which Groupset?

I thought the alu ones were generally noisier and actually wore quicker? I've never bothered with them - they tend to be for slow people who'd rather colour match their components than train. #generalec1collectivegraphicdesignertypeburn

I’ve been using eTap, rim brake version, for over two years now and it hasn’t missed a beat. Seriously impressed with how reliable it has been. I’ve also used (and am about to again) Di2 and I much prefer eTap, it’s less fiddly to change gear and more intuitive to use.

What are you doing to your components? My early Ultegra/785 combo of shit has been flogged across the US twice, Europe twice - RD swapped to get a long cage, the original is is still fine, killed a set of rotors but that was my own fault for starting a hilly 400k with worn pads and chewing shit out of the discs (used for commuting now). Scherrit killed a one of the calipers while doing a rebuild once so the rear is a cheaper 105 version. I do still hate the lever throw on the R785 but they work and so I haven't swapped out my new Ultegra levers yet.

Dibs

This needs a justgiving campaign.

The reason I have money to spend on silly jockey wheels is because I'm very selective about when I buy my silly jockey wheels.

I always break things, snapped the bloody chain this morning....

I may even be heavy than your good self (but not as charismatic or powerful) and I’ve always been hard on components/frames.

Whilst not covering continents tweeting, I do a fair mileage and give the stuff a going over.

I just expect things to work, give or take wear and tear, I put nearly 9000 miles into 10s apex and it was faultless, 1000 miles on this shit and it’s toast.

Dibs noted....

2nd dibs ;)

I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee...

1000mi is pretty shit though. It just seems so poor I wonder if there's no someone sabotaging your bike each night?

Incidentally, your experience of 6800 is pretty accurate, for some reason they were the most reliable Shimano 11 speed groupset insofar.

I thought there was some issue with the chainrings not sitting correctly on the crank/spider?

Well, I do stop close to @hillbilly now, so there is every chance he could be behind it all.....

Has anyone tried Uberbike BBs?

I like the idea of being able to replace the bearings myself, especially after killing a SRAM GXP BB very quickly in a muddy CX race. Unsure if their seals are better than SRAMs?

https://www.uberbikecomponents.com/view-product/Uberbike-GXP-Stainless-Bottom-Bracket-Black-Truvativ-SRAM-GXP-MTB-Road-68-73mm-Compatible

34 quid? ceramic? y?

ceramic is £60.. y because maybe they are better sealed and will live through more cross races(?) , this is what I'm curious about

1BB + spare bearings = roughly 2 SRAM BB

Alloy cups + replaceable bearings? Um..

Ceramic sounds like a terrible idea for cross

Meh. I've ridden my GXP through off road snow, through 80km of storm sodden mud and a year of London commuting and its still turning smooth having never once cleaned my bike in this time. Are you doing something wrong?

Why would ceramic bearings be better sealed?

Both steel and ceramic specify the same thing "external custom lipped outer seals"

Get a Hope GXP bb?

I didn't even ask anything about ceramic bearings, the #buyer did!

I was asking if the Uber unit has better sealing. My SRAM BB had mud in the bearings after ThunderCross. This is all.

Have SRAM GXP on 4 bikes, have been fine for years but I'm just curious...

curious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0PiYS7yUyU

exactly this!

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/14332166/

'ceramic is £60..'

those full stops, they are saying why the hell would i look at ceramic, they're £60, now back to the question on sealing :D

I'll go with a big fat no, don't bother, SRAM is fine..

is your bb properly chased and faced?