Buy a new bottom bracket or a new chainset?

Marin_B17
Marin_B17 Posts: 51
edited February 2012 in MTB workshop & tech
Hello,
I was wandering if anyone has any advice for my next purchase? My Hussefelt cranset started creaking and rattling a month back - a Giga Pipe SL - and have been wandering whether I should buy another BB for it, or buy a Shimano Deore Hollowtech II chainset instead? Would it be worth the investment in the more expensive Shimano option, or are Giga Pipes reliable enough to purchase another - as I bought the bike frame with Hussefelt crankset already attatched from a guy on Gumtree a year back.

Thanks in advance,

Tom

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  • tbikeradar
    tbikeradar Posts: 129
    new crankset
  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    new chainset would be best youll get new rings too, but m7ght need other new bits too
  • blablablacksheep
    blablablacksheep Posts: 1,377
    Id say go for new crankset.

    The deore crankset i been very impressed by over my old octalink one as the chainset seems more reliable and stiffer than the older octalink styled one.

    One thing i would say is that the cranks do "flake" quite a bit from pedal shoe rubbing as they not pure metal like the XT ones.
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  • Marin_B17
    Marin_B17 Posts: 51
    Great, thanks, I really appreciate it. New chainset it looks like then!

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