Originally Posted by
KCT1986
No, the Alivio would be V2 if Octalink. The only MTB crank that used V1 was XTR back in the 9 speed era. All other Shimano OL MTB cranksets were V2.
As for getting an Octalink BB, Shimano still has both versions of Octalink in their line-up.
Yes it recommends the v2 bb for this alivio crank. But the recommended bb is 126mm, I have no idea if I could go for the 113mm and what the chain offset would be.
