Bottom bracket woes

daniel_b

Hi guys,

had a fab time at Bracknell forest on Satuday, but a nasty graunching sound was diagnosed by a couple of experienced bike mechanic friends as a likely bottom bracket being on the way out.

My bike is an 06 Palisades trail only bought 18 months ago, and has been in storage for 6 months - in the first 3 months it only had very limited use, and it's only had some proper use in the last 6 months really.

According to the spec it is a Truvativ Power Spline cartridge, and the cranks are Truvativ 5D 44/32/22 with one alloy chainring and powerspline.

Can anyone tell me what kind of bottom bracket I need to get to replace this one?

I would prefer to go for something of a higher quality, that will last longer, but have no idea about compatibility with the existing crankset.

Many thanks

Dan

nicklouse

you have to use a power spline bb.

TBH bin it and get new cranks and bb, eg the HTII LX set up from shimano.

go talk to your LBS about costs....

daniel_b

Thanks for your fast reply Nicklouse.

Would these be a suitable replacement: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=22924

Or is it these ones you mean? http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=7251

Dan

Splasher

The other classic is the older Shimano Octalink. Something these

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... delID=8409 at £35

and http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... odelID=908 for £15

will outlast most other stuff.