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Dura-Ace R9100 Bottom Bracket With A Dura-Ace FC-7900 Crankset?
I have just purchased a Dura-Ace FC-7900 crankset and I am trying to find a good, readily available bottom bracket to pair with it.
With Shimano's Hollowtech II and Octalink II technologies, will the ...
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How to install a Hollowtech II crankset if it does not fit the top hat?
In threaded 2-part bottom brackets there is a plastic top hat/bearing insert/dust cover that goes between the BB's bearing and the spindle, so that they fit tightly and the spindle does not wobble.
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Misc bottom backet and crankset questions [closed]
I am planning to upgrade a few of my bikes .. some due to faulty BBs and some just to upgrade the crankset. Here are the questions I have:
1) Road vs MTB
I read from the another post about Road vs ...
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External BB cranks not spinning well
I have a Cannondale F2000 that I'm updating and turning into a gravel/commuter bike.
I replaced the original square taper bottom bracket with a new Hollowtech II version.
Now the new crank does not ...
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Upgrading a crank set
I presently have a 3x7 speed crankset with a sealed cartridge bottom bracket on my touring bike and want to upgrade to a new Hollowtech II bottom bracket and crankset, specifically, the SHIMANO Claris ...
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How to remove stuck Shimano Hollow-Tech bottom bracket cups?
When I tried to remove the bottom bracket bearing cups using the BB tool it was very hard to move or it's just stuck. Tried WD40 then slowly tapping the tool using a mallet didn't work. To cut the ...
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Using spacers on crank spindle instead of bottom bracket when fitting HollowTech MTB crank to road bb
HollowTech road BB is 68 mm wide and fits a road crank without spacers. Hollow tech mountain BB uses up to 3 x 2.5 mm spacers. Hence crank is designed to be used with 75.5 mm wide bottom bracket ...
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What types of BB-axle to crankarms interfaces are there?
On the lowest end, we have the taper/square interface. I believe it is standard i.e. there are no variations in the sizes.
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Then there is the Octalink. Actually ...
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