I've got an ISIS chainset on the SS. I've had it a couple of years now, and whatever BB I try, they all seem to last about 3 months, by which time they feel like the bearings have turned into broken glass and the cranks wobble alarmingly. I've even had the pleasure of snapping a BB axle whilst dropping down towards Mam Nick from Rushup.
I was at the point of ditching the chainset and going back to Octalink or even the good old Shimano square taper, when a friend told me about the new SKF ISIS bottom brackets. SKF have solved the ISIS bearing problem using well sealed roller bearings, and this friend (a frequent ISIS masher) had one on test for WhatMountainBike and it was actually lasting longer than the usual 3 or 4 rides.
I bought one and put it in the LoveHate. It has lasted a month no problem, but the annoying creak that has developed has been traced to the BB by elimination. I took it out last night, regreased it and put it back, giving it a nice tweak on the spanner to ensure it was nice and snug. This final tweak resulted in a loud crack. I had sheared off the end of the aluminium mounting cup, not the loose one, the one that is bonded to the BB shell. That's a perfectly good BB fecked (in fact probably the best ISIS BB I have ever, ever owned).
The result is: I need a new BB quick for tonight. I can't wait the week or so it takes to get a new SKF one, and the only one available in Manchester is a Raceface Evolve for £45 from Evans. It's a lot of money for a bottom bracket shaped piece of Edam. Anyway, I bit the bullet and went into Evans (after a lovely lunch in Livebait with MrsShonky). The gormless chap at the counter vaguley understood what I wanted and finally found it. (As an aside, a customer was collecting his new folding bike when I was waiting, and complained that it was supposed to come with free mudguards, Evans had fitted a front and rear Crudcatcher. It looked ridiculous, and the guy was, rightly, not happy. It looked like they would foul up when it was folded. The Evans shopmonkey was not giving way though...)
Back to now. I'll slap the new tube of cheese in when I get home and head off for tonight's ride round Bakewell - we're doing the route from the new guidebook.
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