Old tech, they were a pain on bikes for years, creaking, loosening, splitting cranks etc.
They work ok if torqued carefully with some thread lock on the bolt but as the cost differential between an ISIS set up and cotterless is so small it is not worth even looking at cotterless. There is also less choice since ISIS has taken over (which itself is “old tech” and not really used in the bike world, roll on larger bearing and big x-type hollow axles and pinch bolt cranks :p)
sorry ran away with myself
ISIS strong, cheap, lots of options so a no brainer
I though so too, I just didn’t want to annoy anyone who still uses cotterless. TBH I think I’m just going to save up for a nice 29er as I wouldn’t get much use from a 36er.
Guess I’ll just have to wait 'til next year then.
