Bottom Bracket Standards Explained
Posted June 22, 2016 07:32PM by
Skye in the
Cycling Forum
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Helpful video by GCN on the proliferation of bottom bracket standards in recent years.
Bottom bracket types discussed:
Personally, I've stuck with older frames with threaded BBs and all my bikes use GXP cranksets, which makes it easy if I want to swap anything, plus I have lots of spares if required, my crank arm power meter can be easily swapped between bikes, and oh yes, no creaks ever.
Glory Cycles compiled a bottom bracket compatibility chart, included below:
Bottom bracket types discussed:
- Square taper
- Shimano Octalink
- ISIS
- Shimano Hollowtech
- SRAM GXP
- English vs Italian threaded BBs
- Cannondale BB30 press fit
- PF30, BB30A, BB86, BB90
- Cervelo BBRight
- BB386EVO
- T47 - New T47 Threaded BB Standard article here
Personally, I've stuck with older frames with threaded BBs and all my bikes use GXP cranksets, which makes it easy if I want to swap anything, plus I have lots of spares if required, my crank arm power meter can be easily swapped between bikes, and oh yes, no creaks ever.
Glory Cycles compiled a bottom bracket compatibility chart, included below:
