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Submitted by
Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Yokosuka
Date Reviewed: 11/30/2004 5:08:35 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $30 |
| Purchased At: | Cycle Cave (LBS) |
| Strengths: | Smooth and Strong. |
| Weaknesses: | Short life and Durability of bearings. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano Deore w/ square taper BB. |
| Bike Setup: | Weyless XP, Manitou Swinger 3-way Coil, Rock Shocks Psylo, Race Face Prodigy, Mavic XM321, Shimano XTR (M952) Front and Rear Derailleurs, Shimano Deore LX Shifters, Hayes HFX Comp Disc. |
| Bottom Line: | Good for a temporary BB, but nothing really to great about it, didn't even last all that long. The only good ISIS BB in theory is the one FSA is putting out, the Platinum MegaExo ISIS BB that has external bearings. But in my opinion you might as well skip ISIS and go with the Outboard Bearing style, like the Shimano Saints. |
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Submitted by
Joe Parnell
a Weekend Warrior
from Southampton
Date Reviewed: 4/11/2003 10:19:04 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Bar end |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $35 |
| Purchased At: | melchsham cycles |
| Strengths: | Axle hasnt bent yet! |
| Weaknesses: | Heavy considering its strength. Creeking and slow bearings |
| Similar Products Tried: | none |
| Bike Setup: | planet x bommer, dirt jumper IIIs, truvativ husselfelt cranks and bb. Titec. FUNN(quality) |
| Bottom Line: | After just two days riding of pretty big staires (7 foot biggest) the bearings are ******! Whats worse is am only 15 and way a measly 7 AND A HALF STONE!!!!!!!!!! Bearings also slow and very unsmooth at start. dont buy if u like going big. (which it actually says on the bb!!) LOL |
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Submitted by
Jordan Lambert
a Weekend Warrior
from Hanwell, CANADA,
Date Reviewed: 2/19/2003 4:33:51 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $35 |
| Purchased At: | Bike Canada |
| Strengths: | Has not completely failed yet! ISIS |
| Weaknesses: | Weak and not suited for freeriding. Sticky. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano XT |
| Bike Setup: | K@ Brass Monkey with XT, rhynos, Titec and Truvative North Shore stuff |
| Bottom Line: | Was sweet when first installed but spindle bent after about 3 months of moderate freeride use. Makes chainrings move slightly out of line. Bearings still in place and rolling but sticky in spots when crank turns. Avoid if you are into any kind of heavy use. |
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Submitted by
e
from honolulu
Date Reviewed: 2/17/2003 2:58:17 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Purchased At: | adrenaline |
| Strengths: | free |
| Weaknesses: | rough, heavy, junk |
| Similar Products Tried: | XTR, FSA TI |
| Bottom Line: | I replaced this piece of junk with an FSA TI BB. Isis works great but truvative needs much help with their bb. My Stylo Team crank has been the best and the FSA BB has lasted and worked great. |
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Submitted by
Ryan Hill
a Downhiller
from Santa Barbara, CA
Date Reviewed: 1/3/2003 4:12:15 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Knapps! |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $30 |
| Purchased At: | Warranty claim from Bicycle bob's |
| Strengths: | It worked well for a while. Hasn't broken and I've thrashed it. |
| Weaknesses: | After a little more than six months of riding I have noticed a large amount of play and some nasty creaking in the bb. The bearings are shot and the thing is a pain and a half to get out. Truvativ should have used a shimano system(deep splines) to remove the bb, not the stupid notches on an outer ring. All but impossible to move. This is my second truvativ bb with the same problem in less than a year. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano |
| Bike Setup: | Kona Chute, Mr. T, xt discs, race face cranks...etc |
| Bottom Line: | It worked great until the play issues, though installing it was tough and hard to get it in tight enough. The noise is now unbearable, though I may ride on it tommorrow, hopefully I can find a fsa bb at a good price. |
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Submitted by
Rob Gilson
a Weekend Warrior
from new york, new york, USA
Date Reviewed: 12/12/2002 4:10:30 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | my 16 acre back yard |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $90 |
| Purchased At: | Alto Cycle |
| Strengths: | Industructible, creak free, never worry about it,insanely smooth |
| Weaknesses: | none, weighs more than both my cranks, but eh |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano crap, Race Face Evolve DH |
| Bike Setup: | Trek 6000 hardtail frame, Prodigy Cranks, Sun Rhynolite Rims, Panaracer Fire XC Pro tires, Race Face DH bar, Intense lock-jaw grips, Shimano lx componentry, paid more on upgrades than the initial price. |
| Bottom Line: | Tired of worrying about your cranks' interface? buy this, this is the s2#t |
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