FSA Platinum DH Bottom Bracket

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Breaks easily

...I have had three or four of these because they were cheap, it turned out that in the long run it was cheaper to save up and buy a decent bottom bracket. Everyone of these that I bought broke in under a month, the same two faults occured each time. 1) Mud and grit easily get past the seals and wear out the bearings causing them to cease or rattle. 2) The ends of the tapered arms round off very easily, even during light XC and commuting use I have rounded them off. Steer clear and buy a decent bottom bracket, or even better get the new external type, or if your into jumping and DH get some 3piece cranks.... Read review

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Advantages: Light, Strong, twice as strong as competitors, isis
Disadvantages: non

...up to 4X. I have ridden with a race face BB on my pashley for 4 years with no slack or knocking from by BB in that time. It's still going strong, even though it has been smashed many times from going to the bash ring. The factory and Shimano BB have nothing on them as they are designed to have the least amount of friction but no strength for the more extreme ridding of street and DH. Most top range Bottom Brackets sit at around £80 so pick your self up a bargain and get an Evolve.... Read review

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Advantages: Virutally indestructable
Disadvantages: None

...Before I go and review a bottom bracket, it might be worthwhile if I explained to everyone what exactly a bottom bracket is. Let's start at the pedals. The pedals are attached to the cranks, the cranks are then attached to a spindle that goes through the bike frame. This spindle and the bearings that surround it form the bottom bracket. As you may have guessed, it's not a very exciting thing to write about, so my apologies in advance for a very dull opinion. There's two times that anyone is likely to come into contact with a bottom bracket, if you're building up your bike from parts, or if there's a nasty grindy noise when you pedal and you need a new bottom bracket. In this case, many people will take their bike to a shop to get it looked at as although changing a bottom bracket is easy enough, it requires a few specialised... Read review

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