Need a new bottom bracket
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Need a new bottom bracket
Where can I purchase just the bottom bracket? I am in the process of constructing a velomobile and need just the bottom bracket for the crank. I know I could buy a bike and cut it off to use, but there are few bicycles around in my area at pawn shops.
Would this be what I am looking for and it so, what size would I need to get? Thanks
Would this be what I am looking for and it so, what size would I need to get? Thanks
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Your link isn't for a bottom bracket, but the center section of a HT2 Bottom BRacket.
You haven't said what type you need, there are Square Taper, Ocatlink, ISIS, HT2 and many others, you need to be more specific about your needs /type of crank you are using.
You have listed you are in Nashville, just Google searching brings up 7 bikes shops in Nashville; have you tried any of them?
You haven't said what type you need, there are Square Taper, Ocatlink, ISIS, HT2 and many others, you need to be more specific about your needs /type of crank you are using.
You have listed you are in Nashville, just Google searching brings up 7 bikes shops in Nashville; have you tried any of them?
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Are you looking for a bottom bracket (spindle, cups and bearings) or a bottom bracket shell, i.e. the part of the frame the bottom bracket screws into? If you are looking for a bb shell, a local frame builder should have a source or look at the "Frame Builders" forum here for recommendations.
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Are you looking for a bottom bracket (spindle, cups and bearings) or a bottom bracket shell, i.e. the part of the frame the bottom bracket screws into? If you are looking for a bb shell, a local frame builder should have a source or look at the "Frame Builders" forum here for recommendations.
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Probably simplest if you get one with English threads. I can't tell if that one's threaded or not.
Edit. 68 mm, English thread is very common.
Edit. 68 mm, English thread is very common.
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Yep. So far, I have gotten the back axle connected to the seat, lower, and upper booms. I am waiting on the suspension springs, wheels, and now the bottom bracket shell to arrive before I can continue.
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