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TREK Checkpoint Bottom Bracket Fix: Paul Green Vlogs

Byadmin March 8, 2022December 6, 2022

Paul Green of Paul Green Vlogs got in touch about some problems he’d been having on his Trek Checkpoint bike. He had gone through bottom brackets at quite an alarming rate. Almost four bottom brackets from different manufacturers had become unserviceable in a relatively short time. The failed bottom brackets consisted of a few Shimano OE units and most recently a Thread Together type BB from Wheels Manufacturing. The bottom bracket type was BB86 and the frame was made of aluminum.

Bikes | Bottom Brackets | Reamings | Reviews | Technical

Madison Genesis Titanium Threaded Bike Gets Reamed

Byadmin February 23, 2022December 6, 2022

A cyclist sent in this Madison Genesis Le Croix titanium bike frame in for a bottom bracket fix. This bike had been through bottom brackets at an alarming rate and the non drive side was visibly damaged. Some further checks were carried out and some issues around stress relief were highlighted. Eventually fixed.

Farsports Ventoux S6 EVO Bicycle Wheels Review

Byadmin February 17, 2022January 3, 2023

This is a review of the Farsports Ventoux S series wheels. These are the first wheels that Farsports have offered with carbon spokes and a new shielded hub design

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Review: ICAN A22 Aero Bike frame

Byadmin February 14, 2022December 6, 2022

Introduction ICAN is a company based in Shenzhen, China that has been building carbon fibre sporting goods for many years. They originally started off as an OEM and have recently started to sell items under their own name. These products have predominantly been wheels and of late bike frames. The bike frame that was sent…

Technical | Cranksets | Media | Reamings | Reviews

Shimano Crankset Failures: An Engineering Analysis

Byadmin February 3, 2022April 7, 2023

Introduction Shimano have had some issues with their high end cranksets in recent times. It seems as though the Ultegra and Dura Ace cranksets are the primary units affected. There have been many reports of the cranksets fracturing in half. Some of these have been under modest load on turbo trainers whilst others have been…

FUJI Transonic One.1: Engineering Roast

Byadmin January 31, 2022December 6, 2022

The FUJI Bikes Transonic ONE.1 came in for an engineering roast. This wasn’t the worst that has ever come into Hambini HQ.

Giant TCR roasted: More Crap Quality Control

Byadmin January 22, 2022December 6, 2022

The Giant TCR was long thought to be one of the best made bikes out in the market. This frame was a joke and highlights the poor manufacturing the average customer would not be able to see.

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AbsoluteBLACK Hollowcage OSPW arrives for a review

Byadmin October 10, 2021December 30, 2022

Thanks to Grant from GC Performance YouTube channel for sending in his AbsoluteBLACK Hollowcage OSPW. This has now come in for review. You can find out some other attributes of the AbsoluteBLACK Hollowcage OSPW in the pre-review located here

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Specialized Tarmac S-Works SL7 Fork Recall

Byadmin October 9, 2021December 6, 2022

Documents leaked by Durianrider indicate that Specialized is about to launch an extensive product recall on their S-Works Tarmac SL7 series of bikes owing to a potential failure of the steerer fork.

Bearings | Media | Reamings | Reviews | Technical

High End Bike Shop trashes a Parlee Z5 frame by using Epoxy to fix a creaky bottom bracket

Byadmin October 5, 2021December 6, 2022

A high end bike shop in London decided it would be a good idea to fix a customer’s Parlee Z5 bike frame by using Epoxy to glue some Campagnolo bottom bracket cups in to the bike frame. What followed was a customer who was repeatedly going through bottom bracket cups – often in the space…

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