Fsa vero 103mm square bb advice

raldat
raldat Posts: 242
edited July 2015 in Road buying advice
Hi all, I have a Trek 1.5 2011 running a FSA vero crank with a 103mm JSA square taper BB. The bearings are stuffed and I have ahead a bugger of a time finding a replacement. None seems to carry the, either good old local or online. There are lots of square taper options but all shimano and minimum spindle length is 107mm. Any advice on where to source, especially online?

Thanks in advance...

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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    Do you mean JIS..?

    They seem to be generally available. CRC has 103mm FSA units in stock according to their website.
  • marcusjb
    marcusjb Posts: 2,412
    I never had much luck with the FSA ones and have smashed them up pretty quickly (that's not a brag, I am a 59Kg rider with little power, so god knows what a powerful rider would do to them).

    The Sugino one here (scroll down a bit) is pretty good and lasted well on my old fixed that needed a 103mm JIS:

    http://www.velosolo.co.uk/shopchain.html
    Stuff about riding a bike a long way
  • raldat
    raldat Posts: 242
    Yes I meant JIS. Typing without brain engaged again. And I can't figure out how I missed the CRC one.

    Thanks for the suggestions.
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    http://www.spacycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m2b0s110p2929

    Carbon fibre / alloy bling version from Spa
  • raldat
    raldat Posts: 242
    Thanks all, ended up getting a token carbon one from Planet X. Nice and light and seems good quality. Thanks for helping me reignite the search. Was not that hard in the end!

    Best bit is creaking noises are gone. Yee haa.

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