Originally Posted by
GamblerGORD53
I have self extractors on my SS/ Rohloff crank. They will do for a 100 uses no problem, on several bikes if needed. I need to carry a 8 mm bolt key anyway.
The Hollowtech cranks need a 5mm to remove and slides out without the need for force required for square taper. An external bottom bracket bearing set can also be removed from the frame if needed with a adjustable pliers. You can’t do that with square taper bottom bracket.
Go search for crank creaks/ broken on YT and BF, few will be sq taper.
I was not born at night nor last night. In close to 50 years of bicycling (and doing my own mechanical work) I’ve had plenty of creaking square taper bottom brackets. Creaking is more a function of how the bottom bracket interacts with the frame than what kind of bottom bracket it is. You find creaking external bottom brackets in greater number now because they are used in greater number.