Thanks cgallagh,
Those early ISIS BB's were horrible. I used Truvativs too, and used to go through 2 a year on my mtn bike. I had exactly the same thing happen to me on my mtn bike. I actually had one with bad bearings right out of the box! Now they're much better, if you can find them. Thanks, I'll keep an eye out for that and I'll check the spoke tensioning when I look at the bike soon. The stoker compartment being small;...would that be because of the straight bars, or the effective top tube length? One thing I was thinking of doing right away were stoker bull bars instead of the straight bars. Great input. Thanks again.
INDY