ISIS sure did have some bearing size issues, for sure. Yet somehow Octalink didn't. My personal square taper death toll involved one snapped Edco, one snapped Mavic, and years of bike shop mechanic work replacing left side crankarms on nutted square taper cranks that had come loose and waddled out. As well as that season at a Gary Fisher dealer when Trek changed bb spec due to supply issues to a particular SKF bb that had an incorrectly treated or threaded axle. I still remember a customer, deranged with anger and concussion, shaking his drive side crankarm at me, after the bb axle snapped as he accelerated on pavement from a stop light three blocks from the shop, telling me to "make things right." Wish I could say he was the only one...
Feb. 24, 2022, 8:35 a.m. - Mike Ferrentino
ISIS sure did have some bearing size issues, for sure. Yet somehow Octalink didn't. My personal square taper death toll involved one snapped Edco, one snapped Mavic, and years of bike shop mechanic work replacing left side crankarms on nutted square taper cranks that had come loose and waddled out. As well as that season at a Gary Fisher dealer when Trek changed bb spec due to supply issues to a particular SKF bb that had an incorrectly treated or threaded axle. I still remember a customer, deranged with anger and concussion, shaking his drive side crankarm at me, after the bb axle snapped as he accelerated on pavement from a stop light three blocks from the shop, telling me to "make things right." Wish I could say he was the only one...