Overall: had mine for over a year now. it's been mated to a 185mm mini for the same amount of time. Absolutely as smooth as the day i got it and i've done winter commuting, over-hub-depth wading thorugh floods and mud, thousands of off road miles. Like all hope stuff: can't fault it.
Weaknesses: Tyre clearence was the main issue, i.e. non of it!! setting them up for the first time was a joke. Removing wheels takes ages, it's faster to let the tire down.
Overall: Far more reliable and powerful compared to a V brake and a great option if you want maintainence free braking and don't have a disc mount. I just really didn't get on with them!! Having to let the tyre down every time i removed my wheels just got too much, i bought a new frame. And i minced through pads faster than i went through M600 pads!!
Weaknesses: Sealing not up to much at all!! Needle bearings are soo difficult to look after.
Overall: Great headset considering it's only about 15 quid. However, it's far from a fit and forget thing! If you like inter riding spend yur money on sommmit with better sealing!!
Strengths: Great Feel, Always enough power, never let me down.
Weaknesses: Absolutely nothing, honest!!
Overall: Had one on the front for over a year. I've done thousands of miles and still on the original pads!! Haven't thought about bleeding them! swapped between three sets of forks, mounting is a piece of cake! had some squeeling issues at first, but only lasted about five minutes. these are a genuine fit and forget bit of kit.
Strengths: They are the stiffest cranks i've ever used! an absolute bargain aswell, ISIS cranks for 40 quid?!
Weaknesses: Weigh a ton!
Overall: Stiff as a very stiff thing. I went though octalink and Square tapered cranks like they were cheese. I got these last summer with an FSA extreme ISIS BB and the stiffness was unbelivable! They took a year of abuse with no probs. Then, inevitably on of the pedal threads went, but it's still just about hanging in there.
These cranks are great for hefty freeriders on a budget.
