Bearings

Bottom Bracket Pressfit and Creaking, an Engineering Analysis
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Bottom Bracket Pressfit and Creaking, an Engineering Analysis

If you are reading this you will have probably already come across the numerous posts by various individuals in Internet forums across the web. The issue of creaking bottom brackets has been blamed on the introduction of pressfit and directfit bottom bracket standards, where bearings either push directly into the bike frame or push into…

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Testing to Find the Fastest Bicycle Wheel Hubs

The aerodynamic performance of wheels often grabs the headlines and the marketing budget but the reality is the hubs and the bearings within them will have more of a performance differential for the average cyclist. As an example, the power differential between wheels of an equivalent depth at speeds of less than 35km/h will only…

BB86/BB92 Bottom Brackets with a 30mm or SRAM DUB Crankset – A recipe for disaster
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BB86/BB92 Bottom Brackets with a 30mm or SRAM DUB Crankset – A recipe for disaster

30mm cranks into BB86 bike frames – Avoid if you can… A common question I am often emailed about is asking if I can supply a bottom bracket that will allow a 30mm crank to be fitted into a BB86 bike frame. This post will talk through the many problems associated with this. BB86 uses…

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