Originally Posted by
geachyguy
Hi,
Thanks everyone for all the responses so quick. This is very helpful as I hope to make my decision within the next couple days.
About the square taper BB's, their advantage is that this is how most bottom brackets used to be? So replacing it would be easier, should the need arise?
Also, does anyone know of a good place to buy the Sugino crankset? I searched for "Sugino XD 500t" and got pretty meager results.
Thanks again, you guys are really priceless.
You will have a far easier time finding a square taper bottom bracket in South America than a bottom bracket for LX/XT cranks which are not square taper.
XT/LX cranks use an "external" bottom bracket and they would be rare in a third world country.
Here's a link to Jenson USA's square taper CRANKSET page.
http://www.jensonusa.com/store/sub/1...0&pricemax=900
The Shimano Alivio looks pretty good at $34.65, 22-32-42, as does the FSA Dynadrive for $49.99, 22-32-44.
They have Sugino XD600 cranksets for $135, 26-36-46.
Link to Jenson USA's square taper BOTTOM BRACKET page.
http://www.jensonusa.com/store/sub/1...0&pricemax=300
The Shimano UN54 bottom bracket is a sweet deal at $21.99.