>>2005801as much as i like square taper, threaded hollowtech shimano is definitely cheaper and easier to service.
For one, you can actually buy a high quality bearing off the shelf, at a low cost. Square taper units in shops are now either tourney level or chinkshit. To get something good you're scraping the NOS UN55 barrel or buying something esoteric and (moderately) expensive. Whereas an ultegra hollowtech bb is like $20 and in stock everywhere, probably one of the best value items in cycling.
The torque values to install are way lower. And the attachment system doesn't have pitfalls. Square taper is a bit of a dark art for many people and problems from poor install commonly arise. Personally I like the system and feel confident in my methods but hollowtech actually has concise instructions. Try to learn how square taper cranks work and you're going to enter a decades long shitfight filled with misinformation and people who loathe it.
The system is also several hundred grams lighter. That's significant.
Square taper only really exists on new bikes as a cost cutting measure. Not that that is a bad thing but i wouldn't be singing its praises in this case. None of this is to say that square taper is bad but it's outright wrong to say that it's cheaper and easier to service.
That crankset doesn't even look like it has replaceable chainrings.
