Truvativ Rouleur Carbon Left Hand Crank

Advantages: Cheap, extremely durable, abuse tolerant
Disadvantages: Poor crank choice, may not be suitble for extreme use

...53 square taper got changed after 14 months, because it had become a bit gritty. I did however regularly ride it through rivers and mud, and then pressure washed it afterwards. It could have easily gone on for several more months, but square taper BB's are so cheap I changed it. The downsides The threaded spacer ring is made from plastic, and has a tendency to split when you are tightening it up. Always save the old one, when you are replacing your BB. The other major downside is poor choice of cranks. All the money and development is in lightweight cranks with BB's made from cheese, so your choice is limited. If you want sexy, then your only real choice is Middleburn, but these are expensive at around £130 just for a pair of cranks without rings. How does the UN54 compare? The only BB I have to compare it to are Truvativ... Read review

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Advantages: FANTASTIC FORKS
Disadvantages: Naff Components,

...'s your uncle, although a vertical dropout would be better and much easier for removing the wheel. The wheels supplied are, well, rubbish, I seriously buckled them on a mini jump, although it is not too expensive to true them it is still time wasting AND money wasting. High wall rims and Presta valves do not mix! My pump requires that you push all of the valve into it, i can only fit around 1/4 of it in, so i need to use my friends pump. The hubs are great hubs (shimano deore) and i have no problems with them. The pedals are great, really grippy, and randomly red! They have seized up though, so without anti-seizure formula i cant take them off. The crank arms, FANTASTIC, Truvativ Husselfelt, again standard issue on most jump bikes, and a lot of others, they're rock solid and reliable! Chain device, again Truvativ Husselfelt, The box... Read review

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Advantages: Very very sturdy, easy to fix and fun to ride, great bearings.
Disadvantages: Quite heavy, not ideal for flatland.

...third year and I have never had any major issues with it, when it arrived it was in pieces because of postage and I found it very easy to build. The best points of this bike are the bearings the wheels and crank run forever without having any maintenance of being changes. The gyro runs very smoothly. I have managed to slighly buckle the back wheel rim, but as it's slight, at the risk of doing anymore damage I have left it. I still have the original GT tyres on the bike and they have worn so well, this bike has been ridden so much, as I used to use to to commute to work on a daily basis. The breaks on this GT aren't great, no matter how often you adjust them, or try out different pads, you just cannot get anough traction to stop effiecently, but this is quite common with most BMX's and you get used to it very quickly and know when... Read review

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