Smooth, strong, and lightweight.

None so far

I've only put just over 500 km on it so far, but it's been great. Spins great and stiff, with thusfar none of the play others have complained about. My last two ISIS BB's have lasted less than 6 months, if this one doesn't last longer than that I'm going back to Shimano.

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looks kinda neat

play in the bearings

I'm disappointed. Right out of the box and onto my bike...but it never made it to the trail. I couldn't believe it, I could wiggle the crank arms from the play in the bearings. Like the others below, I will be sending it back for something else...while I wait for Phil Wood to make an ISIS BB.

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Nice looking and good instructions

quality. Product was defective out of the box

I had to buy this because my sealex BB develoed play in the bearings. So I see the bigger bearings/diameter of the gigapipe, and buy it. I get it and I take this out of the box, brand new, with bigger bearings and it looks good, but after installation, all by the instructions, there's already wobble in the bearings! So back to JensonUSA. Not a good way to start a new product intro, Truvativ! So now off with the new and back with the old and wait, wait, wait for Monday and the RA and replacement.

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It gave me something to look forward to receiving in the mail!

lasted 3 rides

As I said, it lasted 3 (long,wet)rides. The last one involved a water crossing across a beaver pond through 2 or 3 feet of water. Granted, this is not the best way to treat a bike, but it happens very now-and-then. Not I or anyone I ride with has had a BB fail from doing so. It now turns like it's about to bind.

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Easy installation of cranks, good spindle design. Feels smooth and tight when new. :)

Durability is for the birds.

Junk.

Most of the ISIS bb's seem to fail early, but this was ridiculous. I was a frequent but fast cross-country rider when I put this bb in.....then I got into racing and riding much harder. But during easy riding, this bb crapped out after 3-4 months and probably 600 miles of dry weather. It developed play in the bearings early on, but not terribly. Then it became rough and gritty to the point that I could feel it turning when pedaling.

I had a GigaPipe Team-SL bottom bracket (purchased with some Stylo Team cranks). I tried to get ahold of TruVative for a pair of the "adjusting/rebuild pliers" that they mention on their website.....so that I could just rebuild it myself if grease was all that was needed. No response -- twice (email and phone). TruVativ now requires dealer involvement, which takes time and is an extra hassle....but ok, the whole bike industry is going that direction.

Well, in a slow fashion, they replaced my "performance" bb with the cheaper SLLT version. I phoned them to inquire as to why and they just said they wanted to get me riding as soon as possible -- they didn't have any Team-SLs and weren't expecting any. Nice gesture, I suppose, but they didn't ask and weren't willing to do anything about it when I said that wasn't acceptable to me. So hey, TruVativ, why not just let me wait for the next batch to arrive from overseas? Or snag one from a distributor? How about offering to refund me the purchase price since you can't deliver on the warranty replacement of the same product, or maybe step me up to the next higher quality like other companies would do? How about refunding me the retail difference between the two? I could use that $15 to put toward a better company! lol :)

I can accept the basic design flaw of the ISIS bb's -- every manufacturer seems to have trouble with it. But I also expect them to live up to some basic warranty obligations and customer service.....which TruVativ didn't do in my opinion. I'll stick to other brands from now on. People seem to be slightly happier with them anyway, as far as bb's go.

TruVativ's apparent "new generation" of customer service, since SRAM bought them, stinks. They do NOT return emails or phone follow-ups, and don't make it easy to contact a person in the first place. When I finally got them on the phone, they weren't exactly bending over backwards to be friendly or offer assistance. Big difference from just a short time ago. Shops I've talked to aren't all that pleased with the service they get either. Oh well.....I guess now it's cool to imitate the Big S instead of working so hard to improve upon them. lol Woe to the end-user.

I'm much happier with the FSA bb that I'm using for the time being....seems smoother and hasn't developed play like the TruVativ did early on. I'll put the TruVativ replacement in when the FSA wears out. Probably stick to RaceFace bb's in the future unless a better design comes on the market (unlikely).

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Works when it's new.

Bearings and seals don't hold up...

Poor design. Need bigger bearings, real seals.

I liked it at first. Then it started creaking. Took it out, cleaned it and put it back in and it was fine until the bearings got grit in them through the seals -- only a couple of months after I bought it. Took it apart and cleaned them (they were also dry -- no grease to speak of), but they didn't last much longer. Replaced the bearings (cartridge) and they just quickly wore out again. Got a 2nd one (glutton for punishment) and it wore out in short order.

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Cheap

Durability

This Truvativ bottom bracket has been a big disappointment. The first one lasted almost for a year before it developed play. I got it replaced by the warranty. Now the second one has play after 6 months of XC riding. I don't think I'm going to buy any Truvativ BB's in the future. Since these BB's are not serviceable, they should be made to last for several years of normal use.

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Not much.

Develops play quickly.

This is the third one in just over a year. The first was OEM. It developed play in about 5 months. LBS replaced it at no cost. About 6-7 months later that one died too. I picked one up at Jenson and not that one's shot! This is a P.O.S. I wouldnt' recommend this to anyone.

Easy to fit provided you have the Truvativ tool, which is not expensive.

Bearing play

This lasted just 20 miles before developing play in the bearings.

The OEM model it replaced had leasted 2 years, so I thought another Truvativ would be fine.

Wrong.

I can't recommend this to anyone. Maybe I was unlucky, but looking round the reviews, ISIS doesn't seem to stand up to normal use.

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Nice stiffness test results

bearings developed play in less than 1 month

I think if this problem happens in the first month, truvativ has done something wrong. Typical cunsumer testing program.

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