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- Bike Bearings
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- Bottom Bracket
- Building a Bike
- Carbon Emissions
- Chainring
- CNC Milling
- Crankset
- Headsets
- Taichung Bike Week
- Taipei Cycle
Crankset
MTB Crankset—Manufacturing, Design, Advice
Are you in the market for an MTB crankset and/or …
Crankset
The Comprehensive Guide to Bike Crank Arms (Right Length, Design etc)
Everything important you need to know about bike crank arms, …
Bottom Bracket
Bottom Bracket Tools: The Definitive Guide
Find out all you need to know to fix or …
Bottom Bracket
Bottom Bracket Conversion Kits: Techniques & Technology
At First Components, we spend most of our time devising …
Headsets
The Thorough Guide to Threaded Headset Removal & Installation
In this post, we take a detailed look at removing …
CNC Milling
CNC Milling (Chainrings), Hydraulic press (BB Spindles), & BB Testing
CNC is a cornerstone technology for creating bike components. So …
Headsets
Bike Headset Spacers—Fine Tune Your Stack Height with the R520A
The modern bike with its non-threaded stem system and requirement …
Crankset
Single Speed Crankset – From Square Taper to Integrated
A Single Speed or Fixie’s heart and soul is in …
Chainring
The Complete Guide to Narrow Wide Chainrings
Welcome to the most complete exploration of narrow wide chainrings …
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