Hit 1,000 bottom bracket threads chased this morning

Cleaned the threads on my 1,000th bottom bracket shell today. It was a real rusty one from a 90s MTB. I keep a tally on a whiteboard in my shop. It matters because after the first few hundred, you really start to feel the difference in a good thread chase versus just running a tap in. The tool pressure, the chip clearing, it all becomes muscle memory. Has anyone else tracked a specific repair number that made you realize you'd actually gotten good at it?

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hayes.joel22d ago

Still chasing my first clean one, honestly.

sean78218d ago

Wasn't there a whole article about muscle memory for that?

mila_harris22d ago

My buddy who works at the co-op hit 500 wheel trues last month. He said the same thing, just gets a feel for the spoke tension without even thinking.