Originally Posted by
Roasted
I don't mean to sound like an idiot, but what would I be using? I'm willing to bet V2, but I just don't really know the difference from XTR bikes... that's really what I'm getting at.
If the crankset doesn't say XTR on it, and it's a Shimano mountain bike crankset (Deore, LX, or XT), and it's Octalink, you're using an Octalink V2 bb. Most of the Shimano Octalink road groups. plus XTR, use V1. The splines are longer on V2.