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Jack of CT USA here, former fan of Tony Doyle.I saw on some page here in LFGS that he's an arsehole? Can any of you elaborate? Are ANY of the present or former elite cyclists, either road or track, nice guys who are not self absorbed dicks? I doubt it, look at Armstrong, who I wished well in support of him when he was fighting cancer. Some say he got that cancer from his juiced up experimentations in the pro peloton, as a young, brash rider who shoved you if you got in his way. -
For all Miche Primato BB riders,
If , after you follow my lead, and your still paranoid about the BB cups loosening, clean shell faces and the exposed cup with an alcohol wipe, then mark indicating lines on the cup to bb shell face, and see if the cups move.If your frame shell is fine with bore dimensions, and you followed my instructions, IT WILL STAY IN PLACE.Fine tuning the chainline on this BB is up to you, and your eyesight however, so do that carefully before torqueing down to 50 Nm's.Good Luck.And dont ride this bb in rain and expect it to stay mint, its not a road bb.
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Haj
I have said this before, and Ill say it again, ITALIAN BB SHELLS ARE FINE, its the MECHANIC that causes the failure of the bb unit coming out. You need to tighten the bb in with GREASED threads, and torque down to 70 Newton Meters, with a torque wrench.And there will be no loosening.Put some responsibility on yourself, not the component giant Shimano. This could have happened with a Campagnolo BB! Pardon me, but I once got stressed out by a dork who kept pestering me about "will by bb come out?" I could'nt provide enough confidence with my work that day at the bike shop. Please confide in me though, when I say, Proper INSTALLATION and TORQUE spec ensures that an ITALIAN bb will STAY in PLACE
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Hey
The Primato bb needs a good mechanic to install. You could have cleaned the alloy threaded cups when you got it, then put a few drips of Threadlock no.242 on both sides of those 2 cups, let dry overnight, then clean your frame shell of any old grease and dirt, then simply grease the cup threads that have dried for 24 hrs, then install with the campy cassette tool, adapted to a torque wrench, and tighten both sides after selecting chainline, to 50 Nm both right and left.Keep in mind its sealed fairly well, but not for riding in rain, its a TRACK bottom bracket. See, that BB isnt junk after all. Now as far as getting replacement parts from MICHE? well thats another story. They dont seem too worried about supplying the distributors with things like bb cups, hub axles, "cones", etc. Maybe you can call them? At least your in Europe Jack of CT USA
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Hi
I agree with Phil Grease, the only grease proven waterproof.Have you seen what happens to bearings while running the white Finish Line grease, and riding in the heavy rain? Wet bearings RUST with this grease.The Folks at [www.progold](http://www.progold) have very intersting grease though, and if their bike grease lubricates like the prolink chain lube, then it must be GREAT!
To HAJ