In your opinion what is the best bottom bracket available for a captain? Why?

Anything titanium is out (this is for me), and will be used with 200mm cranks. I need stiffness and great bearings. Also this is going to be for a Cannondale tandem.

I was thinking Phil Wood, just because it is the lazy default choice. However, lately I've been thinking SKF. However, the SKF BB assumes the drive is on the left side which would be wrong for my captain cranks. Does SKF make a tandem captain specific BB? Can I just install a regular SKF BB "backwards," that is left on right?

Also may want to go with a new eccentric.

Has anyone used a less wide BB spindle on the captain's crank where the length of chain means you can "cheat" to get a lower Q-Factor?

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