Stiff BB - Ignore or replace?

craker

I bought a FSA Gossamer compact crankset about a year ago, it came with a mega-exo bottom bracket. It was fairly stiff to start with but I cycled 1000 miles or so on it last year.

This year I've had it off, on , off and on again (have been trying to replace it with an Ultegra setup bought off of here - anyone tried to tighten up Octalink cranks and found them slipping? That's another story...)

So, the FSA is back on. It's loads stiffer than the Octalink to turn the cranks. Is it worn? Will it affect the effort needed on a long ride?

ddraver

It's on its way out - Start saving up for a Hope BB, but you won't hurt the cranks by riding the FSA BB into the ground, (although your riding buddies might not be able to handle the creaking)