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Shimano ES-71 BB Bottom Bracket
Product DescriptionShimano ES71 Deore XT/LX cartridges and E-type cartridges Features and Information Fits FC-M752/M751/M510-8/M440-8 cranks
User Reviews
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David C
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: June 20, 2012 Strengths: It works and have metal cups. Weaknesses: It's a throw away product like any other cartridge BB. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Price Paid:
$10.00 Purchased At: eBay Bike Setup: Two stock GT XCR 3000, model year 2000. LX M571 crankset (triple & 170mm), 3x9 LX drivetrain and i-drive godness.
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Don Gillies
a Weekend Warrior
from San Diego, CA Date Reviewed: March 6, 2008 Strengths: - removable ALU cups, left and right - very valuable as a phil-wood replacement BB - lightweight, hollow spindle - probably the most useful BB that I own Weaknesses: - it's a cartridge bottom bracket, so higher friction - higher friction = shorter lifespan - not maintainable = shorter lifespan Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $28.00 Purchased At: Ebay Similar Products Used: many Bike Setup: Carlton 1977 Pro with Sakae Royal 42/52 cranks 
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Alon Bout
a Cross Country Rider
from La Verne, CA, USA Date Reviewed: March 6, 2008 Strengths: Lasted a few years. Weaknesses: Eventually it breaks Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Marshall Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $36.00 Purchased At: Incycle Similar Products Used: BB ES-50 Bike Setup: Specializes Enduro Pro 02'
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Karl Nelson
a Racer
from SD Date Reviewed: October 9, 2006 Strengths: Light enough, strong enough, reliable enough Weaknesses: Creaks a little if you ignore it Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Centennial Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $25.00 Purchased At: pricepoint Similar Products Used: FSA 2 piece, old square taper stuff, etc Bike Setup: Fisher hardtail with XT 
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Kyle Veal
a Weekend Warrior
from Wausau, WI, United Stated Date Reviewed: June 16, 2006 Strengths: none, no different, than any of shimanos other splined BB's Weaknesses: the product itself defines the word, weakness. It was the weakness in my bike Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $15.00 Purchased At: had other BB's warrenteed for this one Similar Products Used: all of shimanos, and some FSA/truvative. everything but shimano I can get a good year of riding out of. Bike Setup: SS chucker 1.0 nothing is stock, all nice free-ride stuff. Pike 426 fork is amazing
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Pete
a Cross Country Rider
from VA Date Reviewed: May 16, 2006 Strengths: Solid, no problems, and maintenance free Weaknesses: Squeaks time from time, but I am not sure if it's cranks or BB or the attachment of the crank. Anyway every BB+ Crank or integrated CRanks/BB will need to tighten time from time. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Singletrack- Shaeffer Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $25.00 Similar Products Used: LX BB, integrated XTRs new ones Bike Setup: on all of my bikes. 
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Kyle Veal
from Wausau, Wis, USA Date Reviewed: May 14, 2006 Strengths: I'm known at the shop I work at for twisting bottom brackets. I go through low quality bottom brackets(i.e. anything from shimano except this one) in about onw week give or take a day or two. Sor far this is the only Bottom bracket that has lasted more than a month. Let along lasting three months this thing should be good enough for just about everybody. Weaknesses: I haven't twisted or bent the sindle yet. I'll say it again. this is the only BB from shimano that has lasted me more than a month. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Similar Products Used: evert other octa-link BB from shimano. Bike Setup: SS urban assault machine
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Michael
a Cross Country Rider
from North Augusta, SC Date Reviewed: October 6, 2005 Strengths: Smooth as all get-out after a solid year of use, and well over 1500 off-road miles. Weaknesses: Absolutely none. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $25.00 Purchased At: PricePoint.com Similar Products Used: ISIS bottom brackets. Bike Setup: Yeti 575, nicely decked out. 
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Tom
a Cross Country Rider
from Crete, IL USA Date Reviewed: August 16, 2004 Strengths: Forces you to remove Shimano from the equation, thereby going to another manufacturer, thereby getting something that works, thereby maybe I can get back out there and remember what my favorite trail is. Weaknesses: Everything. Maybe this BB would work if you gave it to your grandmother and she only used it to ride her bike to Bingo down the street once a month. If your going to ride a mountian bike like it's supposed to be ridden you can forget this BB; they like to break and make a lot of noises. I am sick and frekin' tired of Shimano's ruining my rides! Shimano, you are being removed from the equation; I'm goanna try the Race Face signature XC BB WITH Race Face cranks. Goodbye Shimano. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: I forgot, Shimano's kept me away for so long Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $30.00 Purchased At: net Similar Products Used: Shimano XT crank (anybody want a used pair?) Bike Setup: SC Blur soon to be without Shimano BB and crankset.
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Cochise
a Cross Country Rider
from Austin, Texas Date Reviewed: June 10, 2004 Strengths: Cheap, simple to install, not an ISIS Weaknesses: Not built to last forever but that is the point of this thing its cheap. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Rocky Duration Product Used: 1 Year Similar Products Used: ISIS crap Bike Setup: Turner Burner, XT everywhere, Mavic 819 rims, blah blah blah
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Nick
a Racer
from Rockport, Maine Date Reviewed: April 18, 2004 Strengths: hollow, looks cool, rides well, stiff. Weaknesses: has side to side play after about 6 months. i have had 2 bottom brackets so far, one replaced when i got a new frame, this one has been through a race season in the fall, and is now showing quite a bit of noticable play. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: Maine Sport Similar Products Used: bontrager sport... old XTR on street bike, Truvativ hussfelt, Bontrager race, shimano LX Bike Setup: salsa caballero, xt cranks. xtr/xt stuff, fox suspension, carbon and ti everywhere.
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Old Man
a Racer
from Seattle Date Reviewed: September 16, 2003 Strengths: It rotates. Weaknesses: This BB wore out after 6 months. 3mm side-to-side play in cranks after one summer. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Kachess Ridge Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $35.00 Purchased At: Price Point Similar Products Used: UN-91 (Old School) Bike Setup: Davidson Handbuilt
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Bruce Brown
a Cross Country Rider
from Vienna, Austria Date Reviewed: August 20, 2003 Strengths: No-nonsense design and quality. No guesswork in combining the new Octalink XT components. Installation was easy and the performance has been flawless up to this point (2000+ miles). The cost is so low (low $20's) that the replacement cost doesn't have me worried. Weaknesses: None that I can detect. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Hameau Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $24.00 Purchased At: JensonUSA.com Similar Products Used: TruVativ, Race Face Isis and other Shimano BB's. Bike Setup: This BB is on an old Trek 820 steel framed HT (rigid fork). Kept the frame and popped in full XT which pretty much made it a new bike. It has been running along in this "new" configuration for 1 year now with no problems at all.
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Ted
a Cross Country Rider
from Eagan, MN USA Date Reviewed: July 30, 2003 Weaknesses: Proprietary splines Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: The Farm Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $20.00 Purchased At: Nashbar Bike Setup: Ti hardtail, Marzocchi Z2 Atom Race
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James
a Cross Country Rider
from San Diego, CA, USA Date Reviewed: December 16, 2002 Strengths: Light, smooth, made well, inexpensive, light, well designed and light....oh and it's light. Weaknesses: none Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $25.00 Purchased At: supergo Similar Products Used: several square-spindle shimano BB's Bike Setup: Trek Fuel, XT shifters, XT front der, XT '03 M752 cranks, XTR chain, Deore rear der, AVID disc brakes, bla bla bla
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