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Old 02-21-10, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Burkhart
If you are going to change cranksets, I'd spend a bit and upgrade. Don't want to disparage yer bike, but Isoflow aint great. Uses a Powerspline BB which is pretty much junk. This from personal experience, not hearsay.
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Powerspline is junk, not from personal experirence or hearsay but from customer bringing their bikes back with BB's shot/stabbed/murdered in a very small amount of time.

Originally Posted by Dan Burkhart
A well equipped bike shop should be able to but a Helicoil insert in the crank and make it as good as, or better than new.
I don't like helicoils, it's always a gamble. How do you ensure that it goes in 100% perpendicular to the crank face 100% of the time?

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