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Octalink BB: Dura-Ace 7700 or Ultegra 6500
I acquired an octalink Ritchey Compact crank I'm going to install on an
older Cannondale. I have both a DA-7700 BB and an Ultegra-6500 BB. DA s about 65 grams lighter but I just cruise. The DA-7700 isn't sealed as nicely as the Ultegra. Has anyone found the DA-7700 needs more maintenance and period cleaning and regreasing? Or any other thoughts on this. Thanks Rick |
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Octalink BB: Dura-Ace 7700 or Ultegra 6500
No personal experience with DA, but others have noted that it needs a
*lot* of maintenance if you ride in wet conditions. Ultegra's last ~10-30K miles it seems... zero maintenance. |
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Octalink BB: Dura-Ace 7700 or Ultegra 6500
On Feb 3, 12:41 pm, RS wrote:
I acquired an octalink Ritchey Compact crank I'm going to install on an older Cannondale. I have both a DA-7700 BB and an Ultegra-6500 BB. DA s about 65 grams lighter but I just cruise. The DA-7700 isn't sealed as nicely as the Ultegra. Has anyone found the DA-7700 needs more maintenance and period cleaning and regreasing? Or any other thoughts on this. Thanks Rick If weight's not a concern and you don't like tinkering or live in a rainy area, use the Ultegra. The DA also requires a special tool. Personally, I love my DA 7700 BBs, and on one bike I went two entire seasons without an overhaul (maybe 10k miles). When I pulled it out the bearing grease was clean. This is in So Cal with minimal wet riding, so YMMV. |
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Octalink BB: Dura-Ace 7700 or Ultegra 6500
On Feb 3, 1:41 pm, RS wrote:
I acquired an octalink Ritchey Compact crank I'm going to install on an older Cannondale. I have both a DA-7700 BB and an Ultegra-6500 BB. DA s about 65 grams lighter but I just cruise. The DA-7700 isn't sealed as nicely as the Ultegra. Has anyone found the DA-7700 needs more maintenance and period cleaning and regreasing? Or any other thoughts on this. Thanks Rick W/o doubt, The DA BB was poorly sealed, draggy, very diffucult to adjust. Upgrading to the 6500 is best. |
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Octalink BB: Dura-Ace 7700 or Ultegra 6500
Ron Ruff wrote:
No personal experience with DA, but others have noted that it needs a *lot* of maintenance if you ride in wet conditions. Ultegra's last ~10-30K miles it seems... zero maintenance. A friend of mine has an old 8 speed bike with a Shimano 600 group and never changed the BB in 100.000 miles. He's a lightweight guy and makes more rpm's than I do. I think that influences the longevity of a BB in a big way. Gr, Derk |
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Octalink BB: Dura-Ace 7700 or Ultegra 6500
RS wrote:
I acquired an octalink Ritchey Compact crank I'm going to install on an older Cannondale. I have both a DA-7700 BB and an Ultegra-6500 BB. DA s about 65 grams lighter but I just cruise. The DA-7700 isn't sealed as nicely as the Ultegra. Has anyone found the DA-7700 needs more maintenance and period cleaning and regreasing? Or any other thoughts on this. Thanks Rick the "fit and forget" solution is definitely ultegra, but the work of art is the dura-ace. it needs more maintenance, much more accurate bb shell prep, and doesn't last as long, but it's still a work of art. if you get one, look inside the spindle by shining a flashlight in one end and looking in the other - it's been internally machined so that the excess material inside the "fat" part of the spindle has been removed - quite extraordinary. |
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Octalink BB: Dura-Ace 7700 or Ultegra 6500
Fitted an Italian thread 7700 to my Colnago. Never did get the useless piece
of garbage to stay adjusted. Upgraded to 6500. No problems since...... Neil "RS" wrote in message ... I acquired an octalink Ritchey Compact crank I'm going to install on an older Cannondale. I have both a DA-7700 BB and an Ultegra-6500 BB. DA s about 65 grams lighter but I just cruise. The DA-7700 isn't sealed as nicely as the Ultegra. Has anyone found the DA-7700 needs more maintenance and period cleaning and regreasing? Or any other thoughts on this. Thanks Rick |
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