BOTTOM BRACKETS
2009 Chris King Bottom Bracket - Mountain
A fortunate few companies are market leaders. Rarer still are market obliterators. These companies are so dominant and worthy of their marketshare and mindshare we sometimes wonder why their competition bothers. And no company obliterates quite like Chris King. Is there a single more iconic ...read more
2010 Chris King Bottom Bracket - Mountain w/ Injector Tool
The Chris King Bottom Bracket is the crown jewel for any custom-built, Shimano-equipped bike. Finished in an array of stunning anodized colors, its aluminum cups house 24 stainless steel ball bearings each. These bearings are user serviceable by using the Chris King Grease Injection Tool. ...read more
2009 Chris King Bottom Bracket Injector Tool
The Chris King Bottom Bracket Grease Injection Tool is the last piece of your bottom bracket puzzle. This tool facilitates quick and easy maintenance of your Chris King Bottom Bracket, which will keep your BB spinning smoothly for decades. Maintaining your bottom bracket has never been so ...read more
2009 Shimano XTR M970 Ceramic Bottom Bracket
If you're reading this, you're interested in buying some speed. It's not free speed, but if you ride lots, it could be close. Our retro-fitted Shimano XTR M970 Ceramic Bottom Bracket will rob you of less friction than your standard steel ball bearing bottom bracket. Much of maximizing ...read more
2009 Shimano XTR M970 Bottom Bracket
We wish that bottom brackets wouldn’t get chewed up -- they seem so well-protected. Cranks, when adjusted right, never move laterally. Bottom bracket shells don’t flex. It’s hard to gaze admiringly at a bottom bracket, even when it’s new. In dry conditions, dust gets into everything. In wet, ...read more
2009 Shimano XT Bottom Bracket
Some wisenheimer will eventually ask us, "What’s the difference between the XT and XTR bottom bracket?" The answer is very little. We don’t have the means to measure the polish or super-polished races, the good or great ball bearings, the PSI required to push water past the seals. The XTR cups ...read more
2010 Truvativ XX Black Box Ceramic GXP BB - MTB
The Truvativ Black Box GXP Ceramic MTB Bottom Bracket gets an upgrade to BlackBox ceramic cartridge bearings. Ceramic bearings offer outrageous hardness and roundness in comparison to steel, which substantially reduces the mechanical drag of the bottom bracket as the crankarm spindle rotates ...read more
2009 Truvativ HammerSchmidt All Mountain Bottom Bracket
The Truvativ HammerSchmidt AM bottom bracket is a necessary piece of hardware to get your new HammerSchmidt crank up and running. Based on Truvativ's excellent Howitzer model, this bottom bracket uses custom double-row cartridge bearings for the ultimate in load capacity and dual-lip seals ...read more
2009 Truvativ HammerSchmidt Free Ride Bottom Bracket
The Truvativ HammerSchmidt FR bottom bracket is a necessary piece of hardware to get your new HammerSchmidt crank up and running. Based on Truvativ's excellent Howitzer model, this bottom bracket uses custom double-row cartridge bearings for the ultimate in load capacity and dual-lip seals ...read more
2009 Truvativ GXP Team Bottom Bracket
If and when your GXP BB is beyond repair, you should turn to TruVativ for your replacement bottom bracket. No compatibility issues to worry about, and the set up and performance will be identical to your previous bottom bracket. This is designed to work differently than most other external-cup ...read more
