As mentioned previously on here, going to be used a lot for commuting and had decided on the On-one whippet carbon, however somebody pointed out the use of the BB92 and warned me against it. Upon reading reviews this BB doesn’t seem particularly brilliant especially considering what a commuting bike will be put through.

So, Whippet equivalent? Ideally with a the natural carbon black look.

Thanks.

eBay special.

That’s what I had come into my head, was going to look up any horror stories from them.

I went for the C456 partly because of the bb on the whippet as I didn’t want to buy a new chainset. It’s still a light frame and more versatile than the whippet. I run mine as an xc machine with 100mm forks with a slackset and it’s great.

@avdave2 – That’s really my only other option, but I have a bike for mountain duties, I feel going down the C456 route means bigger forks etc, whereas the main idea behind this build is a full carbon fast commuter.

Ohhhh decisions!

I’d have a look at the eBay carbon 29ers

See I kind of want to stay away from 29ers purely based on the 2nd hand aspect of not so many parts about.

I think the Whippet is literally perfect other than the BB92 🙁

Whats wrong with BB92? I’ve had it in two frames with no problems.

One of them carbon cycles things?

Does it need to be Carbon? the Scandal is a similar weight and reviews seem to say it rides very well.

BB92 is fine, except that the cheapo plastic-shelled Shimano BBs that come as standard on a lot of bikes are shite.

Even at that, mine lasted a good year.

Yeah I’m wanting it specifically for the carbon aspect but I’ll have a look at the Scandal.

That exotic looks amazing actually, will start checking up specs etc 😀

The BB92 I’ve read a lot of bad reviews on, but more so from the fact as mentioned before, with a standard BB it’s easier to find parts 2nd hand.

Thanks.

Apart from different tools to fit/remove it there’s no issues IMO with BB92. Mine’s been fine for ages, as least as long as HT2 BB in previous bikes.

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The BB92 I’ve read a lot of bad reviews on, but more so from the fact as mentioned before, with a standard BB it’s easier to find parts 2nd hand

Not sure I follow you there – the parts are no different, other than the BB itself – it uses standard Shimano Hollowtech cranks. Unless you’re buying second hand BBs, which would be a bad idea regardless of standard.

For a commuter I’d want something I could run a UN55 in.

The other thing that put me of the whippet when i was thinking about one was the chainring bolt / bb area interference issue when using a triple.
Not sure if thats been sorted yet (other than taking a file to your crankset). Prob wouldn’t need a granny ring on a commuter anyway though…

For some reason I had in my head that it needed different cranks to purpose fit the BB92? I can only presume I’ve thought that while mixing up what people have said about chain rings not fitting.

I’ll only be running a single ring upfront, I suppose in that case I shouldn’t rule it out from the BB.