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PostSubject: PLASTIC BB!!!?   Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:25 am

I think easterns gone a bit to far with the weight saving thing this time

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PostSubject: Re: PLASTIC BB!!!?   Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:32 am

who cares abuoutweight,ive seen dudes riding 35 pounds bikes doing tricks not even trendy kids with 20 pounds bike can do,i used to like eastern compnay,but as i see all their shit breaks

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PostSubject: Re: PLASTIC BB!!!?   Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:18 am

eastern has to stop before they kill one of their few fans

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PostSubject: Re: PLASTIC BB!!!?   Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:06 am

haha yea

plastic stuff is only ok if it is pedals and bar ends
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PostSubject: Re: PLASTIC BB!!!?   Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:36 am

I wouldn't fancy my chances with these...
Eastern make light frames and they're good but this is too far on the weight saving.
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PostSubject: Re: PLASTIC BB!!!?   Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:53 am

i would use them, theyve obviously been tested for safety
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PostSubject: Re: PLASTIC BB!!!?   Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:11 pm

i bet next new trendy thing will be plastic frames

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PostSubject: Re: PLASTIC BB!!!?   Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:55 pm

I agree with jackson They will have been troughly tested but evertyhing brakes sometimes and its not always the companys fault. It could be a manufacturing default. All in all i like them but i dont think i would go that far just to have my bike weigh a couple less grams

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PostSubject: Re: PLASTIC BB!!!?   Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:18 pm

oh yeah frames are tested for safety but how many horror stories and pics are there of broken eastern frames

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PostSubject: Re: PLASTIC BB!!!?   Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:19 am

i think i might get one when i get my new frame if they aint to much money ?

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PostSubject: Re: PLASTIC BB!!!?   Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:30 am

everything snaps and eastern have a lifetime warranty on there frames who cares if it snaps they either give u the same model or a better one

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PostSubject: Re: PLASTIC BB!!!?   Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:18 am

the new eastern frames are fine the first grim reapers were death on wheels tho

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PostSubject: Re: PLASTIC BB!!!?   Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:46 am

the plastic bb is actually a Bushing and is used in various high stress applications without failiure. It is rated for something like 2 tonnes of pressure without ovalising and is self lubricating, dirt and water dont affect it either. The only problem with using a bush as a BB is that it spins a little slower than a bearing driven bottom bracket, but for most this is a good thing.
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PostSubject: Re: PLASTIC BB!!!?   Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:19 am

Dude plastic BB's i reckon is a completly idiodict thing
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PostSubject: Re: PLASTIC BB!!!?   Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:34 am

actually i think i mite ride them if i get the chance
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