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 bottombracket. 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 bottombracket, or even better get the new external type, or if your into jumping and DH get some 3piece cranks. ...
Advantages: Cheap, extremely durable, abuse tolerant Disadvantages: Poor crank choice, may not be suitble for extreme use
What's this?
It is a JIS square tapered BB. And in english...
BB - bottombracket. Screwed into the frame and serves as a mounting point for your cranks.
Square taper - Axle shaft of the bottombracket is tapered. The shaft is wider at the base than it is at the tip, so it ensures a very tight fit when the crank is tightened up. It fits square holed cranks only.
JIS - Japanese International Standard. This is a measure of the degree of taper. There is also the ISO standard used by European manufacturers, such as Campagnola. The vast majority of mountain bike cranks are JIS. An ISO crank may or may not fit a JIS square taper BB depending on the tolerances and amount of wear.
Evolution or Devolution?
In the last few years BB's have undergone something of a revolution. Octalink from Shimano, ISIS from ...
Advantages: Some great tunes, Petes Vocals Disadvantages: Petes drug habit and the bad press it gives the band.
The Libertines - Up the bracket.
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Pete Doherty it seems like you cannot open a newspaper with out some headline or other screaming about his on/off relationship with Kate Moss or his appalling drug habit.
What you don't seem to read about is his music, the thing that gave him his fame in the first place, so im here to tell you about it.
The Libertines formed in about 1998 when Carl barat and Pete Doherty were introduced to each other by Pete's sister, it wasn't long before they were playing guitars, writing songs and planning their careers in the music world.
After this first meeting the boys started to play lots of small gigs with various different band members over the years, even including a 63 year old drummer at one point!
The lads had a few ups and downs but come 2002 they ...
