Waaaaay back when (@mikeferrentino probably remembers this) Trek used to make aluminum lugged, carbon tubed bikes. Those lugs were anodized, but only on the outside. So riding in the real world, you'd get a bit of water incursion, and there would be a corroded BB shell.
I'll never forget the first time I removed a customer's Dura Ace BB only to find a BB shell that was barely there...
March 9, 2023, 2:30 p.m. - Carlos Matutes
Waaaaay back when (@mikeferrentino probably remembers this) Trek used to make aluminum lugged, carbon tubed bikes. Those lugs were anodized, but only on the outside. So riding in the real world, you'd get a bit of water incursion, and there would be a corroded BB shell. I'll never forget the first time I removed a customer's Dura Ace BB only to find a BB shell that was barely there...