New Groupset: Shimano CUES
Shimano has recently launched the CUES groupset. This amalgamates 9, 10 and 11-speed options for flat bar bikes. There are rumours this will move to drop bar (ie road/gravel bikes) in the near future.
Bottom Brackets
Hambini Bottom Brackets and Time Bicycles
Hambini bottom brackets will be available as a standard fit with Time Bicycles. Time have been featured numerous times on the Hambini YouTube channel. Time was originally a French manufacturer, following it’s sale by Rossignol, Time was acquired by the Cardinal Cycling Group. It remains one of the few bicycle companies that manufacture their bicycles…
New Product: Hambini Racing Titanium Bottom Brackets
The cycling market is taking a hammering at the moment with a drop in demand, a massive drop in sales and general discontent. I thought it would be a great time for me to expand! More on this will be coming soon! I’ve started making some BSA bottom brackets (30mm and SRAM DUB/AXS) in Titanium….
Warning: Counterfeit/B Grade SKF and NTN bearings
Introduction I have had a number of cyclists contact me with issues around NTN and SKF bearings being fitted at bike shops and failing within a fairly short period of time. A number of these cyclists have sent me the bearings back to look at and I have found a large number of bearings to…
$7K Legend by Bertoletti: Appalling Bespoke Handmade bike frame
This bike frame was personally delivered to Hambini HQ by the purchaser who lived in Boston, MA, USA. He had flown to Italy to pick up his dream bike frame and then onto Manchester to get a Hambini bottom bracket custom fitted to his bike frame.
What followed was quite possibly one of the worst pieces of manufacturing the bike industry has seen and an attitude towards public relations that Bertoletti probably regrets.
Bearings | Bottom Brackets | Popular | Reamings | Technical
T47 Bottom Bracket: Engineering Guide (Threadfit)
T47 is examined in engineering detail. Some of the quirks associated with the standard, the weights and the frame geometry limitations are discussed. Trek, Felt and Factor variations of T47 dimensional standars are covered.
Winspace SLC 2 Bike Frame: Engineer’s Review
Introduction The Winspace SLC 2 bike frame is a great option for riders looking for a durable and lightweight frame. Made with Toray T800 carbon fibre, this frame is strong and stiff, yet very lightweight. It also features an integrated headset and bottom bracket, which makes it easy to assemble. Overall, the Winspace SLC 2…
Bikes | Bearings | Bottom Brackets | Cranksets | Technical
Fitting a Hambini Bottom Bracket into a Winspace Bike Frame
This blog post will cover the installation of a Hambini Bottom Bracket in a Winspace T1500 Aero bike frame. It covers the bike frame, the bottom bracket selection and the potential problems that may arise.
Dolan Bikes DR1 Bike Frame: Custom Bottom Bracket
The British company Dolan (based near Ormskirk in Lancashire, England) have been famous for supplying bikes to many household names over the years and specifically in the field of track cycling. In the late nineties, they started to import frames from the far east. A Dolan DR1 bike frame was initially brought in to Mapdec…
Bowman Bicycles (Palace/Weald): An accident waiting to Happen
This Bowman Bicycles Palace frame was sent in by a viewer who had a failed chanset, Further investigations showed a frame that was in a dangerous condition, showing numerous welding and machining defects. Some of those could have been catastrophic
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