Solid smoothe perfect

Smooth and stiff. Creaks loudly.
In doing some research, it appears this is typical and there's suggestions about installation on carbon frames..... but not by the company that should

Bearings are working good so far. I think someone broke the plastic dust shield on the old ones, possibly speeding their demise, but I think the design could be improved to prevent that kind of early failure. One minor issue with the instructions - would be smarter to apply most of the grease after installing the dust shield... (and a little bit before as well) otherwise the o-rings on the shield are just going to push all your grease away from where the bearing is going... leaving lots of grease where you don't need it and not enough where you do need it. Probably any experienced mechanic would already know this intuitively but I'm not an experienced mechanic :) Also, would love to hear from RaceFace on prefered grease for install (and do we dare try loctite or any other compounds in there to keep dirt and moisture out and reduce creaking?)

I got the bottom bracket within 1 day of ordering it. it has held up great and been smooth since I've gotten it. i was surprisingly light compared to the old sram bb i had before. I ride 4-5 days a week in dusty east bay parks and will ride between 10-15 miles a day and this bb has had no issues.

Recommend this over the single row bearings those didn’t last long. <1 year of moderate usage