Campag Ultratorque Chainset - bad design?
I've been using the Campag Ultratorque chainset for about a year now and I noticed they were getting a bit sluggish. Also some brown residue around the shaft hole. :?
So I explored some more by taking it apart and found the bearings had rusted. In all my time using sealed BBs I've never had this problem. Looks like a poor design - the bearings have a seal, but water can obviously ingress over time.
The worst of this is that there is no obvious way to get replacement bearings and they don't look easy to remove anyway.
Anyone else have this experience?
Perhaps the old sealed BBs were better - easily available and replaceable.
- JimW
So I explored some more by taking it apart and found the bearings had rusted. In all my time using sealed BBs I've never had this problem. Looks like a poor design - the bearings have a seal, but water can obviously ingress over time.
The worst of this is that there is no obvious way to get replacement bearings and they don't look easy to remove anyway.
Anyone else have this experience?
Perhaps the old sealed BBs were better - easily available and replaceable.
- JimW
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- JimW