Originally Posted by
cale
You could start worrying about the bottom bracket failing but you might as well worry more about the brakes. You may have fallen but that's not surprising. If you're not going to accept the "possibility" of falling, maybe cycling is not for you.
If you change the BB, you'll probably gain peace of mind but that's about it. You'll just move on to the next component that's likely to fail. IMHO, you'd be better off riding the bike.
Cycling - where it's okay to spend hundreds of dollars to think one is going faster - but not okay to spend tens of dollars to get not only a more reliable part but also some peace of mind.
I also don't know what other component might fail and cause me to fall as readily as a known cheap BB. Sure my frame might snap in half but I'm not too worried about that.