Bottom Bracket Question

Just so that you know, and you don't just say, "Why don't
you upgrade the bottom bracket now?!" The answer is that
budget constraints prohibit me from doing so. (Can you guess
where my money went?)

- Noel

N. D. Muscutt said:

I am upgrading almost all of the components on my bike to
XT stuff. I got a new XT crankset and am wondering if I
can use the crankset with my old bottom bracket. The old
bottom bracket is an old thing from about 1997. Any
input? Thanks.

- Noel

N. D. Muscutt said:

I am upgrading almost all of the components on my bike to
XT stuff. I got a new XT crankset and am wondering if I
can use the crankset with my old bottom bracket. The old
bottom bracket is an old thing from about 1997. Any
input? Thanks.

If your new XT crankset is splined, then you need a Shimano
splined BB. (I suggest Ultegra, but that's just me.)

Bill "can't get a BB to last even ONE year" S.

ND-<< I am upgrading almost all of the components on my bike
to XT stuff. I got a new XT crankset and am wondering if I
can use the crankset with my old bottom bracket. The old
bottom bracket is an old thing from about 1997. Any input?

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If not the 2004 one piece XT crank, ala XTR, you need a ES-
70 Octalink BB. Buy a few of them cuz they are going away,
since that crank and the LX is also.

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sorni-<< If your new XT crankset is splined, then you need a
Shimano splined BB. (I suggest Ultegra, but that's just me.)

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The XT and LX are a different Octalink spline pattern than
DA, ultegra, 105 and XTR. In fact the XT is unique in
length(113/116) and is different in length from the LX but
has the same Octalink design and specs.

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Boulder, CO, 80302
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costruite eccezionalmente bene"

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Just so that you know, and you don't just say, "Why don't
you upgrade the bottom bracket now?!" The answer is that
budget constraints prohibit me from doing so. (Can you
guess where my money went?)

- Noel

N. D. Muscutt said:

I am upgrading almost all of the components on my bike to
XT stuff. I got a new XT crankset and am wondering if I
can use the crankset with my old bottom bracket. The old
bottom bracket is an old thing from about 1997. Any
input? Thanks.

Try it. The tapers are the same, only thing that might have
changed is the spindle length, so you can't damage anything.
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Alex

On Mon, 03 May 2004 05:40:07 GMT, "N. D. Muscutt" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Just so that you know, and you don't just say, "Why don't
you upgrade the bottom bracket now?!" The answer is that
budget constraints prohibit me from doing so. (Can you
guess where my money went?)

Hookers and booze?

jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net
home.earthlink.net~jeverett3Open ↗

John Everett said:

N. D. Muscutt said:

Just so that you know, and you don't just say, "Why don't
you upgrade the bottom bracket now?!" The answer is that
budget constraints prohibit me from doing so. (Can you
guess where my money went?)

Hookers and booze?

jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net
home.earthlink.net~jeverett3Open ↗

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