Tange Cup & Cone Bottom Bracket

RichS

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Jun 20, 2019, 12:29:14 PM6/20/19

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In his last Blahg post Grant talks about the Tange BB Riv now carries. As one who enjoys the mechanical/maintenance time I spend on my bikes it got my attention.

Worth the investment in tools and the BB to explore this?

Thanks very much for your feedback.

Best,

Rich in ATL

dougP

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Jun 20, 2019, 1:50:12 PM6/20/19

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There's a long thread over on iBOB titled: "Merry Sales reintroduces cup and cone bottom brackets, Grant Petersen designed". That one references IRD but maybe the come out of the same shop with different labels. Plenty of posts pros & cons, plus the usual noise. Give it an hour if you want to dig deeply.

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R Shannon

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Jun 20, 2019, 3:14:00 PM6/20/19

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Thanks Doug. I will take a look.

Rich in ATL

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Mark in Beacon

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Jun 21, 2019, 6:35:15 AM6/21/19

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Despite having a bin full of these, I am seriously considering one of the new ones for my upcoming Hillibike.

Rich, if you enjoy working on bikes, I would say definitely worth the time and investment, especially if you have never worked on a classic cup and cone bb. The couple of folks over on iBOB who have received theirs have remarked on the high quality.

The basic tools are not all that pricey. I'll bet you could pick up a good used set on ebay.

I think The Cup & Cone would be an excellent name for a "bike cafe" except that it could be confused with an ice cream shop. Too bad, that. Maybe The Cup, The Cone, and the Scone?

in Dallas nick

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Jun 21, 2019, 4:39:58 PM6/21/19

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(Mark in Beacon said,

"Despite having a bin full of these, I am seriously considering one of the new ones for my upcoming Hillibike.")

Ha!

I relate Mark in that I must have at least 50

old BB's from late 70's and 80's off bikes from over the years replaced usually by a UN55.