Bottom Bracket upgrades
Bottom Bracket upgrades
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GT3cs

Original Poster:

1,241 posts

268 months

Saturday
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Bottom bracket replacement time again . Colnago V3 SRAM Dub . Considering upgrading the wheels manufacturing unit . Anyone have experience moving from a standard BB to wheel s Manufacturing ?

markcp

249 posts

270 months

Yesterday (09:12)
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I used a Wheels Manufacturing bb on a Parlee PF30 frame and it was faultless for the 5 years of use and still buttery smooth when I removed it. Its a great design if there are any imperfections in the bb alignment as the cups thread together so you're not reliant on the friction fit of the cups.

gmackay2

212 posts

222 months

Yesterday (09:15)
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Not used a wheels manufacturing one, but used Token bb's for years with the same screw together fitment. Except I swap out the bearings for Enduro ones and they last for ages as well as providing a nice smooth rotation with the cranks.

More recently i bought a ZTTO one from Aliexpress with ceramic bearings for £15, wore the driveside bearing out in under 600 miles on my gravel bike, but again swapped the bearings to Enduro ones, and it is silky smooth again.