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Miche BB's are not good. The only thing 'miche' on them is the cups, the cartridge unit is made by Kinex (rubbish)
Saying that, even the cups are bad as the teeth are very soft and are easily rounded when trying to remove.
If you have to use one, i recommend using a good amount of Shimano Anti-seize grease and to grease the inside of the cups where the cartridge unit will be sitting.
James1822- for your cranks, don't over tighten the crank bolts, this causes them to sit too far down onto the BB axle and will damage the taper. You need to torque the bolts to about 42-45nm (check that)
A quality bb will simply have better quality everything...basically!