FSA Policy

I bought an FSA compact Gossamer crankset. This is the one with the latest MegaEVO 30 mm shaft on it. Very nice crankset.

Save for one little problem. They DO NOT MAKE ITALIAN BB CUPS for it.

Contacting them I'm told that since the only Italian company making Italian threaded BB's is Pinarello they decided not to make them.

Of course there are actually a dozen or more Italian custom bike frame makers that still use Italian BB's but there's no use in mentioning that to them.

So I will no longer buy nor recommend FSA components to anyone.

There is a private company in Italy that makes a BB that will fit the Pinarello but the cost of the BB and it's shipping is so high that I just bought an almost new Campy Chorus crank and cups for less.

On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 4:22:14 PM UTC-7, wrote:
I bought an FSA compact Gossamer crankset. This is the one with the latest MegaEVO 30 mm shaft on it. Very nice crankset.

Save for one little problem. They DO NOT MAKE ITALIAN BB CUPS for it.

Contacting them I'm told that since the only Italian company making Italian threaded BB's is Pinarello they decided not to make them.

Of course there are actually a dozen or more Italian custom bike frame makers that still use Italian BB's but there's no use in mentioning that to them.

So I will no longer buy nor recommend FSA components to anyone.

There is a private company in Italy that makes a BB that will fit the Pinarello but the cost of the BB and it's shipping is so high that I just bought an almost new Campy Chorus crank and cups for less.

https://www.amazon.com/FSA-BB-8200-M.../dp/B0096XQ6WS

-- Jay Beattie.

On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 8:14:57 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 4:22:14 PM UTC-7, wrote:
I bought an FSA compact Gossamer crankset. This is the one with the latest MegaEVO 30 mm shaft on it. Very nice crankset.

Save for one little problem. They DO NOT MAKE ITALIAN BB CUPS for it.

Contacting them I'm told that since the only Italian company making Italian threaded BB's is Pinarello they decided not to make them.

Of course there are actually a dozen or more Italian custom bike frame makers that still use Italian BB's but there's no use in mentioning that to them.

So I will no longer buy nor recommend FSA components to anyone.

There is a private company in Italy that makes a BB that will fit the Pinarello but the cost of the BB and it's shipping is so high that I just bought an almost new Campy Chorus crank and cups for less.

https://www.amazon.com/FSA-BB-8200-M.../dp/B0096XQ6WS

That is the MegaExo. That is the 24 mm shaft. The latest is a 30 mm shaft and the BB is MegaEVO.

As you can see from that advertisement though, the cost of a ceramic BB is so high that it has reached the stage of a joke. Do you gain anything from these? No, steel ball bearings are rounder and wear better. But they are a millionth of an ounce lighter.

On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 7:21:56 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 8:14:57 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 4:22:14 PM UTC-7, wrote:
I bought an FSA compact Gossamer crankset. This is the one with the latest MegaEVO 30 mm shaft on it. Very nice crankset.

Save for one little problem. They DO NOT MAKE ITALIAN BB CUPS for it.

Contacting them I'm told that since the only Italian company making Italian threaded BB's is Pinarello they decided not to make them.

Of course there are actually a dozen or more Italian custom bike frame makers that still use Italian BB's but there's no use in mentioning that to them.

So I will no longer buy nor recommend FSA components to anyone.

There is a private company in Italy that makes a BB that will fit the Pinarello but the cost of the BB and it's shipping is so high that I just bought an almost new Campy Chorus crank and cups for less.

https://www.amazon.com/FSA-BB-8200-M.../dp/B0096XQ6WS

That is the MegaExo. That is the 24 mm shaft. The latest is a 30 mm shaft and the BB is MegaEVO.

As you can see from that advertisement though, the cost of a ceramic BB is so high that it has reached the stage of a joke. Do you gain anything from these? No, steel ball bearings are rounder and wear better. But they are a millionth of an ounce lighter.

How about: https://glorycycles.com/rotor-ita30-...ottom-bracket/ Still spendy.

My personal approach would have been a Shimano Italiano BB: https://tinyurl..com/y95kz5ly and a Shimano Ultegra crank. It sounds like you found a solution.

BTW, one thing I miss with my new commuter is a threaded BB. One of my partners bought a Scott Speedster Disc which comes with a threaded BB and all the bells and whistles for a solid aluminum commuter/sport bike. It was cheap, too. If I didn't get a warranty replacement, I would have bought something like that.

-- Jay Beattie.



-- Jay Beattie.

jbeattie wrote:

:BTW, one thing I miss with my new commuter is a threaded BB. One of my partners bought a Scott Speedster Disc which comes with a threaded BB and all the bells and whistles for a solid aluminum commuter/sport bike. It was cheap, too. If I didn't get a warranty replacement, I would have bought something like that.


I prefer bikes with hollow tubes.

--
sig 6

On 10/12/2017 12:59 PM, David Scheidt wrote:
jbeattie wrote:

:BTW, one thing I miss with my new commuter is a threaded BB. One of my partners bought a Scott Speedster Disc which comes with a threaded BB and all the bells and whistles for a solid aluminum commuter/sport bike. It was cheap, too. If I didn't get a warranty replacement, I would have bought something like that.


I prefer bikes with hollow tubes.


whaddaya some kinda luddite?

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 9:17:58 AM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 7:21:56 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 8:14:57 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 4:22:14 PM UTC-7, wrote:
I bought an FSA compact Gossamer crankset. This is the one with the latest MegaEVO 30 mm shaft on it. Very nice crankset.

Save for one little problem. They DO NOT MAKE ITALIAN BB CUPS for it.