Optimal ISIS Bottom Bracket Feel?
01-10-06, 12:40 PM
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Optimal ISIS Bottom Bracket Feel?
I just robbed the OEM ISIS BB from my soon-to-be-gone Pista to temporarily outfit my new baby (pics forthcoming). While transplanting it, I noticed that the spindle, while it turned without apparent grittiness or noise, had a quite considerable amount of resistance. The unit is a sealed-bearing monolithic design (with an all-inclusive shell) so I scarcely get how it could have become compromised by dirt or the like.. The bike was ridden fairly hard, but not inordinately so.
Are ISIS BBs intended to have a rather stiff turning feel to them for some reason, or should it be gliding like a buttered marble on hot glass?
Are ISIS BBs intended to have a rather stiff turning feel to them for some reason, or should it be gliding like a buttered marble on hot glass?
01-10-06, 01:34 PM
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i've heard they rule live.
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your bb should feel sort of stiff, but smooth. all sealed bb's feel this way. the only reason isis bb's fail easily is due to how small the bearings need to be to fit such a large spindle in the shell.
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i saw them a LONNNNNG time ago with cave in right after creative eclipses came out. i couldn't hear for awhile
01-10-06, 02:17 PM
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just to clarify, ISIS isn't a company, it's a standard for bottom bracket and crank interface, just like the square tapers and shimano's octalink. so a well-made ISIS bracket is comparable to any other well-made bracket (except for the bearing size issue mentioned above).
01-10-06, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by MLPROJECT
i saw them a LONNNNNG time ago with cave in right after creative eclipses came out. i couldn't hear for awhile
01-10-06, 04:47 PM
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even good ISIS standard BBs feel a little slow at first. Let the bearings break in and the grease thin out a bit and it will spin just as smooth as any other BB>
