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Velocio
a Cross Country Rider
from Des Moines, IA USADate Reviewed: December 3, 2011
Strengths: wow, beautiful finish, super smooth bearings, installed and forget themWeaknesses: very minor, my 2006 trek 520 has mountain rear and road front shell. No spacers right drive side, two spacers left (5mm). wish there was more threads left cup for spacer adjustmentBottom Line: wow, great product, really a work of art.... i'd feel more secure if I had more left cup thread engagement with the 5mm spacers... no problems, but 120 miles from nowhere.....
Favorite Trail: Raccoon River Valley
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$95.00
Purchased At: ebay
Similar Products Used: shimano deore mountain obb
Bike Setup: 2006 trek 520 touring bike, road crank change for 48-36-26 deore touring crank, 135mm deore LX mountain rear too many other modifications to list.
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ItsWin
a Weekend Warrior
from East Rutherford, NJ USADate Reviewed: July 16, 2010
Strengths: The best bearings of any BB I've used so far
Stainless steel cups are beautiful and bomb-proofWeaknesses: Raised ridge behind splines causes some minor compatibility issues with certain products (see below for details)
Does not come with standard 2.5mm spacersBottom Line: Phil Wood has a well-deserved reputation for making the very best sealed bearings and the "Outboard Bearing Bottom Bracket" (OBB hereafter) is no exception - its bearings are NOTICEABLY better than Shimano or pre-2008 Race Face. Though not a weight weenie's dream come true, the polished stainless steel cups are absolutely gorgeous and will outlast any frame they're installed in. Even the sleeve is polished aluminum instead of cheap plastic. In terms of quality, precision, and workmanship, the OBB is head and shoulders above the rest.
I just had 2 very minor gripes:
First, the cups have a raised ridge behind the splines that interfered with the granny ring on my Race Face Atlas FR cranks, forcing me to trim down the inner part of the ring a bit with my Dremel tool (the # 932 grinding stone works great for this purpose). That same raised ridge also made it incompatible with the original K-Edge DIRT-3 chain catcher, though it should be mentioned that AceCo Sport Group is coming out with a new adjustable model in a month or so that won't have the "hood" around the BB cup, so this will soon be a moot issue. Second, the OBB doesn't come with a standard set of three 2.5mm spacers and you can't get them separately from Phil Wood (for some inexplicable reason they only have 3.175mm and 6.350mm). Fortunately, Wheels Manufacturing makes them (their part # is: BB-2.5) so no problem there either.
The OBB is one of those components you can install and forget about. It was super smooth out of the box and after a year of hard riding, is still running flawlessly. This is the best BB I've ever used (I haven't tried King or Hope, which I'm sure are also excellent).
Favorite Trail: Any
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$115.00
Purchased At: AVT
Similar Products Used: Shimano, Race Face
Bike Setup: Banshee Paradox frame, Rock Shox Reba Team 29er Dual Air 120mm fork, Race Face Atlas FR cranks, Hayes Stroker Ace brakes, Shimano XTR shifters, SRAM X.9 front derailleur, Shimano Deore XT Shadow rear derailleur, Thomson stem & seatpost, Hope Pro II hubs w/ Stan's ZTR Arch rims & WTB Wolverine 2.2" tires
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Kazman
a Cross Country Rider
from Corvallis, ORDate Reviewed: April 25, 2009
Strengths: really good bearings, seemed worth the money, lasted longer than any other BB so far.Weaknesses: as with all BBs, wish they lasted longerBottom Line: i burn through a lot of BBs climbing with the singlespeed in the Oregon slop. i took a buddy's advice and stuck a set of these bearings into a set of raceface cups. i got about 2 years out of them, better than the standard 6-8 months that it seems to take to wear out a BB. i'd recommmend this as an option for riders that are hard on bikes. thinking about another set of these or King-bling for the replacment.
Favorite Trail: your mom
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid:
$50.00
Purchased At: Corvallis Cyclery
Similar Products Used: Raceface, XT, LX, FSA, Truvativ, etc.
Bike Setup: rigid/font-susp singlespeed 29er with maniac rider
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