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the wife's roadie needs a new one, as the FSA Ultimax has gone rough and the bearings are weird and unobtainable, it seems.
I've got a UN73 I can put in but it's heavy, so I wa sthinking something ti maybe.
So far the list is
- TA Axix - light and not silly money. Steel and ti axles
- Raceface Taperlock - can't find any so far
- Royce - lovely and rebuildable but expensive
- Phil Wood - very lovely and rebuildable but very expensive
Any others? Any comments on what you run?
[taper needs to be JIS and 107mm axle]
Heres my experiences of square taper BB's
Shimano- heavy cheap and industructable= the best
Royce- Gorgeous rebuilable wil cost you twice as much as each time you remove it you will break the special royce tool.
Phil Wood- Shiny shiny beautiful V expensive.
Just stick a Shimano in and then in ten years time replace it with another Shimano.
Can't recommend Royce highly enough, fantastic pieces of kit and customer service like no other
they are a pain to fit but if you are breaking the tool then you are doing it wrong. I use the crank bolts to hold the tool in place and it seams to work perfectly.
Ten years for a Shimano - you're not riding enough!
1 year or there abouts..
I'm a fan of the Shimano too but it's a roadie and I'm on a weenie mission 8)
Would Aspire US be the cheapest place for Phil Wood do you think, or a UK based supplier?