Having done a bit of cycling commuting over the last few months, I have recently spent much more time cycling through town centres, as opposed to out in the countryside for my longer weekend rides. This has brought me in to contact with many more 'utility' riders than previously, and I have been rather surprised by some of…
My winter bike has chewed through 3 sets of BB bearings in 1 year, latterly a set of relatively expensive stainless steel ones from Hope Tech (6 months). Is this normal? I saw online that over-tightening the left arm can lead to pressure on the inner race, causing early failure, so I was very careful to follow the online…