Polo eBay finds/marketplace

These are a bargain!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shimano-XT-FC-M770-Crank-Arms-175mm-NEW-/330809028809?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item4d05c130c9

Don't start wedging stuff on your bike, bolt it on.

Activesport for Middleburns.
Otherwise raceface or shimano external cranks and cheap bb. Don't really need to spend more than £30 on a bb to get a decent one.
Hope are nice though but that extra cash could go towards something else for your bike...

I'm very happy with my hope BB, but as I've never used another external BB, I've got nothing to compare it to.

Jimmy said go for steel bearings rather than ceramic, based on returns he's had. I've had no issues with the steel ones.

I'm going steel. The ceramic ones would probably be okay for polo, I reckon it's the seals on the ceramic ones we had back and I can't be sure how long they were ridden etc...

I'll probably use my Shimano BB until it gives out, which isn't far away and I've only had it a year :/

Hope BB is too much. lots to look at and consider here though, thanks for the suggestions. it'll probably end up being shimano or if it's middleburn, something second hand. with my height (5'8" I think), are 175mm cranks too long?

What's your inside leg measurement?

around 30"

Lennard Zinn would say, following the 21 - 21.6 % rule, to use 160-165mm cranks.

Check your inside leg though.

Also, it might well be bollocks.

yeah, just used a random online calculator, told me 160mm. bollocks, there's lots of good stuff on pinkbike. meh

I use a cheap road bike external bb on my mountain bike which regularly ends up in peat bogs, jet washed and / or abandoned in the cellar still covered in mud. They last about 4 to 6 months.

If I was spending Hope money on one I'd expect it to last a lifetime on a polo bike

Mark, keep an eye out here... Lots of bargains, Middleburns pop up all the time...

i've been using a dura-ace road BB on my polo bike (in its various forms) for about 2 years now, it's silky smooth still. only cost £30. I swap it over onto my mountain bike occasionally too.

yeah i am going to buy dura ace soon. i put an old deore one on my 14 in January and its still good.

Whoa, DA on a polobike!

DA will only come with a road spacerbungthing though so keep your Deore mtb one (the bit that goes between the cups/covers the axle)

I got an XTR external BB for €21 from bikediscount.de.

You should be able to find XT M770 and a good single-specific chain ring on eBay for less than £100 total.

Just saved you the cost of a Thomson twinset. ;-)

What does it weigh though?

chain reaction are having a decent sale of Truvativ stuff at the moment if anyone's in the market.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/BrandCategory.aspx?BrandID=2&CategoryID=536

Does anyone have a 700c rear wheel? something kinda strong. the one i am currently using is actually not mine... so need a new one.

Yes Luca I do. A319 36h to single speed hub by system ex. Are you still wanting the NS?

just saw this xtr disc brake. http://www.lfgss.com/thread96102.html#post3223031

Yes fam!

Long shot, but does anyone want to swap a 19t White Industries freewheel for a 17t? VGC, 3/32".

I have a mavic 26 xc717 rim for sale. Black with silver brake surface. Great condition. £20