Aerozine ceramic external bottom bracket bearing cups for BSC/ISO standard, that is M34.798×1.058 mm (1.37″-24 TPI) threads and a 68 mm wide bottom bracket shell
The bottom bracket on a bicycle connects the crankset (chainset) to the bicycle and allows the crankset to rotate freely. It contains a spindle to which the crankset attaches, and the bearings that allow the spindle and crankset to rotate. The chainrings and pedals attach to the cranks. Bottom bracket bearings fit inside the bottom bracket shell, which connects the seat tube, down tube and chain stays as part of the bicycle frame.
The term "bracket" refers to the tube fittings that are used to hold frame tubes together in lugged steel frames[1] which also form the shell that contains the spindle and bearings; the term is now used for all frames, bracketed or not.
There is some disagreement as to whether the word axle or spindle should be used in particular contexts. The distinction is based on whether the unit is stationary, as in a hub, or rotates, as in a bottom bracket.[2] American bicycle mechanic and author Sheldon Brown uses axle once and spindle four times in his bottom bracket glossary entry.[3] This article uses spindle throughout for consistency.
Bottom brackets are available in several types, and can be split into whether they are assembled and disassembled with screw threads or whether they are pressed into the bottom bracket shell. Since the 2000s and especially the 2010s,[4] a lack of standardization, or rather the constant introduction of new standards[5] that disappear after relatively short periods, has been described as a complex topic to deal with[6] for those who want to buy bicycle components or maintain bicycles. Many bicycle brands have introduced their own dimensions for bottom bracket bearings,[5] and the different use of terminology by the various manufacturers has been described as confusing.[7]
An old American term for the bottom bracket is hanger. This is usually used in connection with Ashtabula cranks, alternatively termed one-piece cranks.
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The bottombracket on a bicycle connects the crankset (chainset) to the bicycle and allows the crankset to rotate freely. It contains a spindle to which...
derailleur cables past the bottombracket. Older derailleur bicycles used either brazed-on or clamp-on guides just above the bottombracket, but newer bicycles...
is connected to the rider by the pedals, to the bicycle frame by the bottombracket, and to the rear sprocket, cassette or freewheel via the chain. The...
frame. The bottombracket may be overhaulable (an adjustable bottombracket) or not overhaulable (a cartridge bottombracket). The bottombracket fits inside...
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adjustable bottombrackets. Note that ISIS Drive bottombrackets need a separate tool (see below). Various bottombracket wrenches for newer bottombracket styles...
seat tube at the top, and the down tube connects the head tube to the bottombracket. The rear triangle consists of the seat tube and paired chain stays...
8 series featured a tapered large diameter down tube, double-offset bottom-bracket cluster, ovalized top-tube, and double-butted seat tube to achieve the...
The components include cranksets comprising cranks and chainrings, bottombrackets, chains, rear chain sprockets and cassettes, front and rear wheel hubs...
calculate power. Power meters using strain gauges are mounted in the bottombracket, rear freehub, or crankset. Certain newer devices do not use strain...
downwards. The cable is often routed across the top or along the bottom of the bottombracket shell on a cable guide, which redirects the cable up the lower...
tandems. Even higher gear ranges can be achieved by using a 2-speed bottombracket hub gear in conjunction with suitable derailleurs. There are two main...
is the "crank cotter pin" used to lock bicycle pedal cranks to the bottombracket axle. These are not "split" at all and are wedge shaped. A new split...
The bottombracket is placed eccentric in a bearing within the swingarm, the distance between the center of the bearing and the bottombracket effectively...
generated by a fixed displacement, as in the case of an eccentric bicycle bottombracket, which must be adjusted as parts wear, or by stretching or compressing...
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in tight turns). A pivoting-boom front-wheel drive (PBFWD aka moving bottombracket recumbent) configuration also overcomes heel strike since the pedals...
stamped "Colnago" name on bottom of headtube. Aluminum tubing screwed and glued to lugs. Sizing stamped in bottombracket, no serial number on rear dropouts...
stability. slightly shorter cranks (145–170 mm), often slightly higher bottombracket (+10 mm) to facilitate pedaling through turns without hitting or scraping...
the larger model in that it dispensed with the bracing struts at the bottombracket. The Eighteen was introduced in 1972 and aimed at children and shorter...
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