Advantages: Cheap, extremely durable, abuse tolerant Disadvantages: Poor crank choice, may not be suitble for extreme use
the others, and now the latest big thing are external bottombrackets. X-type from Race Face, Hollowtech II from Shimano, and GXP from Truvativ. While they have different names they are all interchangeable, as they are all made to similar specifications and similar dimensions.
Each "improvement" has led to stiffer and lighter BB's, with a marked decrease in durability. The latest BB's can last as little as 3 months on a mountain bike, if ridden in wet and muddy conditions. ISIS are particularly bad in this regard, but the new external BB's are in a class all of their own. Mounting the BB outside of the frame, makes them extremely vulnerable to water penetration and early failure.
The UN54 will give you an average service life of around 18 months to 2 years, and this reason alone may be enough to persuade you to stick with square taper. My ...
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: great comedy, at it's rudest Disadvantages: only three series
the gas from his neighbour, a violent psychopath called Mr Rottweiler.
When the pair try and gain access to Mr Rottweilers house, so they can disconnect the pipes, they end up getting on the wrong side of the gigantic psychopath.
3} Contest? Eddie tells Richie that he has placed a his last few pounds on the Chinese contestant in the Miss World competition, only for Richie to discover that she is a very repulsive old lady.
When the pair settle down to watch the show things just go from bad to worse.
4} Apocalypse? Richie comes into some money from his Aunt and decides to take Eddie on a spending spurge at the local funfair, as usual the pair end up arguing with the locals and have to flee, ending up in a fortune tellers hut. When Richie has his fortune told he discovers that he is going to die. As he tries to hide away until ...
