At 10:45 AM 4/15/2007, Ray Homiski wrote:
>I was preparing my Rene Herse bicycle frame today...To my surprise I
>saw inside the BB shell between the two bearing cartridges a load of
>what I can only describe as tiny metal spheres the size of poppy
>seeds. I mean there was a bunch of them in there. It was packed with
>them...This looks to be intentionally put in between the cartridges
>for some reason. They have a significant weight to them...
For some audio equipment, such as speaker and turntable stands, there are people who fill the insides with lead shot to dampen vibrations. The metal beads in your frame could have been someone's attempt - I'm assuming not Herse's - to dampen an unwanted vibration.
Mitchell Gass
Berkeley, CA, USA