Bottom Bracket Selection Guide
The Magic Bearing!
Years ago we saw the proliferation of 30mm spindle cranks and the widespread adoption of BB86 and BB92 brew into a perfect storm of hapless customers afflicted with epic levels of creaking from bottom brackets that lasted about a minute. The problem stemmed...
Ceramitech WS2 Coated Bearings Are Here!
There are other companies out there rushing coated bearings to the market with no mention of what the coating is, be it Teflon, graphite, molybdenum disulfide, or simple nitride. Perhaps you should think twice before buying a bearing set that has a mystery coating applied.
Top 5 Creaks...and how to eliminate them.
40Nm is a lot. One thing I like to do for people is let them experience what 40Nm feels like, so I whip out the old SnapOn torque wrench, dial it up to 40, and let them muscle it...
Specialized OSBB Epoxied-Cup Removal Solved!
We are not trying to cut all the way through the alloy at any time. We only want to thin it out as much as possible so we can crack it easily. Let’s think of it as aggressive scoring...
Trek BB90 Problems Solved.
Let’s talk about the two major reasons why Trek BB90 and BB95 bikes creak and then I’m going to tell you how simple it is to make sure creaks don’t happen to you anymore..."
Fix Squeaking Disc Brakes Now!
Disc brakes squeaking, eh? Join the club. With the sudden proliferation of disc brake road bikes out there, mechanics are having to find ways to cure the squeaks..."
Are Ceramic Bottom Bracket Bearings Better?
The quick answer is, “Yes, they are, as long as they are properly engineered and manufactured like ours are”, but one of the big reasons why ceramics are better is not what most people expect..."
How to Fix a Creaking BB30 Bottom Bracket
Knock those old BB30 (6806) bearings out and throw them away. Now take those brand new Ceramitech or BBInfinite ABEC-7 bearings out of the package and meticulously
PF30A: Install Solved.
Cannondale's new PF30A standard for 2016, as it turns out, is nothing new. Thank goodness.The PF30A takes the new SuperSix Evo bb shell from 68mm wide to 73mm, but just because it's "the same" bb
Kill That Creak!
I recently got a call from a customer who said, "I installed a BBInfinite module and my bike is still creaking. What do I do now?" The good news was that, even though