So these new fangled external BBs... Talk to me.

[Mindmap3]

My Face Face ones have always lasted pretty well.

Shimano at XT / Saint and above last well. The Deore ones are pony...my one died after three wet rides. I'm currently running an XTR one on my Rune that I got for a whole £17 from Rose bikes.

 

[dirttorpedo]

I'm still running my OE raceface on two bikes - both are road commuters that get ridden regularly - no problems yet. They are the ones that come stock with the cheap ass Ride crank sets Jenson USA was flogging a year or so ago. I've also got the ones from a RF Cadence crank on my GT road bike and no problems yet either after about 1.5 years of riding once a week.