Bottom Bracket

Bottom brackets make it possible to turn a bicycle crank in order to move the bicycle forwards.

Bottom Bracket Cutting Die

A (non-ebike) modern road or mountain bike has either a threaded bottom bracket or press fit bottom bracket—those are the choices. Press fit BBs were, arguably, a solution to a non-problem with threaded BBs. Consistent dissatisfaction with press fit has seen a return to threaded bottom brackets and the increasing uptake of T47 threaded BB […]

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Cartridge Bottom Brackets

In this article we provide the most comprehensive information about BSA Bottom Brackets online. A continually expanding range of bottom bracket standards, especially in the last 15-20 years has overly complicated the simple task of getting a bike’s cranks rotating. We make the case that the BSA bottom bracket is the cheapest, most effective bottom

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Converter Bottom Brackets

At First Components, we spend most of our time devising unique solutions to customer problems which are the key source of our products. Each product represents a unique response to a particular problem the customer ordering that product wanted solved. In this post, we showcase four examples of this in action, four solutions for temporarily

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Tighten Eccentric Bb Bolt

“What is an eccentric bottom bracket and how does it work?” “Is an eccentric BB on my mountain bike or my single speed a good idea?” Those questions, and more, answered right here, in the most comprehensive guide to eccentric bottom brackets around. And if you still have questions after feasting on this, be sure

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