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08-02-10, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by TurbineBlade

Anyone still partial to square taper, or is everything external now? I was thinking that I've had really good mileage on my square taper stuff....and continue to use it on my daily ride.

I was debating an upgrade, but don't know if it's worth it.

It might be a replacement, but I don't think it'll necessarily be an upgrade.

I'm still riding square taper for the simple reason that not one of my original cup & spindle bottom brackets ever needed replacement. If and when they die, or if I build something new and don't have a choice I might try a more modern BB, but it'll be hard to beat life expectancies of 10+ years, and 10's of thousands of near zero maintenance, trouble free, all weather miles.

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