Originally Posted by
saddlesores
yes. i just bought one for a square taper non-hollowtek deore crank.
building up a bike in china, kinda hard to find decent parts. all the
shimano stuff here is crap from strange sounding asian countries.
the vp is made in taiwan, seems identical to the genuine shimano bb's.
looks to be a quality part.
oh, and the bb cup is alloy, not plastic.
Good to know, thanks. Like I said, you never know.
+1 on the low end Shimano stuff being very questionable.
There's no reason in theory you cannot make a very good
one of these things very economically.