Bottom Bracket

A (non-ebike) modern road or mountain bike has either a threaded bottom bracket or press fit bottom bracket—those are the choices. Press fit BBs were, arguably, a solution to a non-problem with threaded BBs. Consistent dissatisfaction with press fit has seen a return to threaded bottom brackets and the increasing uptake of T47 threaded BB […]

“Why are there so many bottom bracket standards?” is the question every single newcomer to the wonderful world of cycling has asked sooner or later. (Even those of us who have been in the industry forever periodically ask ourselves the same question.) The brief and cynical answer is that manufacturers focused on being different ultimately

I take a close look at the T47 standard including a variety of models brands can choose from. 2021 is the year the cycling world got serious about the T47 bottom bracket standard. Specialized released their S-Works Tarmac SL7 2021 ; Trek, their Emonda SLR and SL. Trek will also use T47 more widely across their road range in the

In this article we provide the most comprehensive information about BSA Bottom Brackets online. A continually expanding range of bottom bracket standards, especially in the last 15-20 years has overly complicated the simple task of getting a bike’s cranks rotating. We make the case that the BSA bottom bracket is the cheapest, most effective bottom

Find out all you need to know to fix or maintain your bottom bracket right here, in one place. We cover: what tools you need and how to use them. CONTENTS What is a Bottom Bracket Tool?How Do I Know What Bottom Bracket I Have?The Tools and How to Use Them Related Topics How Do

At First Components, we spend most of our time devising unique solutions to customer problems which are the key source of our products. Each product represents a unique response to a particular problem the customer ordering that product wanted solved. In this post, we showcase four examples of this in action, four solutions for temporarily

Here’s what you need to know about BB30 to be able to take advantage of this standard’s benefits minimize the well-known disadvantages install a threaded, or “BSA30” to replace your 24mm spindle And the 30mm diameter spindle is the star of this show. (Eclipsed perhaps by the recent 28.99 standard) CONTENTS Are BB30 and PF30