tryallmaster Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Im currently looking for a splined BB and want to know if the truvative BB'sare any good?Anyone use one?Cheers lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomer Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Im currently looking for a splined BB and want to know if the truvative BB'sare any good?Anyone use one?Cheers lewisawsome, but the bearings let them down. you still get a good 6-8 months use out of them easily but they tend to feel rather rough.axels dont bend compared to the equilavent fsa bottom brackets on the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Pants™ Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Aren't they meant to last a lifetime and never snap? That's what i've heard if i remember rightly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomer Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Aren't they meant to last a lifetime and never snap? That's what i've heard if i remember rightly.mine lasted a while. but didn't feel amazing after the first month or two, when you turned the cranks and they felt gritty. the axle is fatter so they wont snap, but im guessing they had to make the bearings smaller meaning they don't last as long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 awsome, but the bearings let them down. you still get a good 6-8 months use out of them easily but they tend to feel rather rough.axels dont bend compared to the equilavent fsa bottom brackets on the market.You sure you had the gigapipe DH one and not the normal downhill one ... Or even just the standard gigapipe?The true gigapipe DH has 4 sets of bearings... which run smooth forever. Mine came with my frame at the end of last summer and its still going strong... never creaked or anything, and shows no sign of dieing yet. And bear in mind i weigh 16.5 stone, fairly competant rider and it was second hand when i got it.Boumsong also used to run one for as long as i knew him to have his coust AND Hi-ifi frames... his never made a noise either with well over 14 months use and he never used to be exceptionally smooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavyn. Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 the bearings went in my one although it was about a year old i bought another one and it's still going strong after 6 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 loved mine, never did me any harm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 They are good, had loads of them in the past and they've been fine. Got an SL in my bike right now, it's strong and light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phatmike Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 I've been running them for years, wouldn't consider another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 why not an skf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Mine wasn't too bad really, make a few funny noises, but when i removed it the bearings were fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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