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Facing the BB, HT and brake tabs
Anyone know what the typical price is to have your BB, HT and disc tabs
faced? Second question: Is facing the BB even necessary with them fancy OB BBs? -- Slack |
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Facing the BB, HT and brake tabs
Slack wrote:
Anyone know what the typical price is to have your BB, HT and disc tabs faced? If they charge you more than $5 then walk away. If you give them enough other business, they shouldn't charge you more than that. Second question: Is facing the BB even necessary with them fancy OB BBs? --Slack All of mine have been. All the same Race Face external BB. -- o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o www.schnauzers.ws |
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Facing the BB, HT and brake tabs
Slack said the following on 13/03/2007 03:42:
Anyone know what the typical price is to have your BB, HT and disc tabs faced? About 20 quid. Second question: Is facing the BB even necessary with them fancy OB BBs? I thought it was even more important with those BBs. -- Paul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ |
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Facing the BB, HT and brake tabs
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news Anyone know what the typical price is to have your BB, HT and disc tabs faced? I was wondering that exact thing just the other day. I had a warranty frame done before I picked it up and it seemed a bit expensive. I didn't complain though, it was done by one of the best mechanics in Australia[1] and how well it's done is an important factor. Second question: Is facing the BB even necessary with them fancy OB BBs? As another poster said, it's more important with external bearing BBs. There was a small but noticable improvement in the running. A few problem cranks I've seen/heard has been cured by facing. The mechanic said facing the HT was more important on cartridge style bearings than loose ball ones. I was told not to bother facing the brake tabs with my Hayes brakes as they use an adapter which is unlikely to be square itself. [1] Obviously impossible to judge but first choice for mechanic in national race teams. |
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Facing the BB, HT and brake tabs
Duncan wrote:
"Slack" wrote in message news Anyone know what the typical price is to have your BB, HT and disc tabs faced? I was wondering that exact thing just the other day. I had a warranty frame done before I picked it up and it seemed a bit expensive. I didn't complain though, it was done by one of the best mechanics in Australia[1] and how well it's done is an important factor. Second question: Is facing the BB even necessary with them fancy OB BBs? As another poster said, it's more important with external bearing BBs. There was a small but noticable improvement in the running. A few problem cranks I've seen/heard has been cured by facing. The mechanic said facing the HT was more important on cartridge style bearings than loose ball ones. I was told not to bother facing the brake tabs with my Hayes brakes as they use an adapter which is unlikely to be square itself. [1] Obviously impossible to judge but first choice for mechanic in national race teams. My LBS did mine for free when I picked up my last Frame. |
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Facing the BB, HT and brake tabs
On Mar 12, 10:18 pm, Ride-A-Lot
wrote: Slack wrote: Anyone know what the typical price is to have your BB, HT and disc tabs faced? If they charge you more than $5 then walk away. If you give them enough other business, they shouldn't charge you more than that. Agreed, if the people doing the work are the same ones that sold the frame. That said, frame tools are expensive and have a limited life. If the frame was purchased off-site then he should expect to pay for the service. The going rate around here is 35 to 50 bucks. R |
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On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:19:19 -0700, wrote:
On Mar 12, 10:18 pm, Ride-A-Lot wrote: Slack wrote: Anyone know what the typical price is to have your BB, HT and disc tabs faced? If they charge you more than $5 then walk away. If you give them enough other business, they shouldn't charge you more than that. Agreed, if the people doing the work are the same ones that sold the frame. That said, frame tools are expensive and have a limited life. If the frame was purchased off-site then he should expect to pay for the service. The going rate around here is 35 to 50 bucks. R hmmm, I was just checking out the price of the tools not good.... Looks like I'm due for a LBS visit. Plus, I just removed the the cheesy headset cup to install my Hopey bracket; now I see I need some deeper cups... hopefully the HT /can be/ reamed. The Giant frame is nice and I'm sure I'll love it after everything is done and I'm slamming it down that first rock garden, but Turner quality it ain't. Then again, my goal was to to build a nice solid [non-single pivot] ride as inexpensive as possible. -- Slack - getting ready to bust out the Dremel |
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