Billy Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 (edited) Square tapers are bellends. And so is having no money. My bottom bracket has completely rounded off, and my cranks don't look like they're far behind. I've tried threadlock and the coke can bodge, but neither worked very well. I have to carry an 8mm round with meand tighten my cranks every 5 minutes, and I'm about ready to commit myself. Tarty Adam tells me the Echo forged cranks for £50 are pretty decent, but having searched round on here, it looks like loads of people have stripped threads and what have you in them, so I'm not sure. So, I was thinking a gigapipe BB, those cranks and a 74Kingz bash. Having looked at my budget, Middleburns seem a bit...out of it. So what would people generally recommend? Gigapipe/Echo Forged/Whatever bash is decent and will fit, or find some decent condition second hand middleburns? Edited April 26, 2007 by Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Kearns Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Ive gone through 3 pairs of echo forged in 5 months due to the threads stripping on the cog/freewheel thread and the epdal thread. I personally would reccomend the Gu Cranks. Your bashguard and bb will fit fine with them..Danny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phatmike Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 2nd hand middleburns. I managed to get mine, ISIS, with the super pro Ti bashguard for £45. (Now running the heatsink one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyota200x Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 I am also interested in what people think of these. I am planning on getting some 160 mod ISIS ones and running a 18T track cog on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve H Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 (edited) Hey,I have had my echo 6061 forged cranks (160 ISIS), for a month and they are great, no problems what so ever. Im running the gigapipe 127.5 mm BB aswell, had no problems with that. I had to get the longer length because I got a FFW. (Do they do two lengths or not?) Im not sure on the bash, I'd ring tarty and see if it will fit. Ive got the echo silver 18t bash and its fine, like any other GU, adamant bash, works with those cranks well.Steve Edited April 27, 2007 by Steve H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 I have the 160mm square taper versions and my mate has the 170mm ISIS versions, no problems for either of us so far, I found them to be quite a lot lighter than my musclemans and the set up on the same bb seems much stiffer.I would say yay, but lots of people have had problems with them. I just check mine are tight but not over tight before each ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe b Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Get the Echo forged cranks. If you are on a budget, these are the cranks for you!! They are strong, stiff, look pretty hot and come with a bargain price-tag .Do it; i did...Cheers,Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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