Press-fit Bottom Brackets Are BETTER Than Threaded

Press-fit bottom brackets are better than threaded ones. That may horrify you, but allow Simon Bromley, BikeRadar’s Senior Technical Writer, to make the case for press-fit systems. After a decade or so of press-fit bottom brackets being the dominant system on high-end road bikes, there has – to almost universal acclaim – been a notable return to threaded bottom brackets in the last few years. Specialized ditched its press-fit OSBB 61 bottom bracket standard in 2020 in favour of a traditional BSA threaded bottom bracket on the Tarmac SL7. Even Cannondale recently specced a BSA threaded bottom bracket on its 2022 Synapse endurance road bike. It’s hard to find many who’ll stick their neck out for press-fit these days. Perhaps controversially, we think that despite the often reported difficulties of press-fit bottom bracket systems, we should pause for thought before we consign them to Room 101. What do you think? Are press- fit bottom brackets an elegant engineering solution? Or are you threaded through and through? Let us know in the comments! Simon's article on BikeRadar.com → https://www.bikeradar.com/features/opinion/press-fit-bottom-brackets-are-better/ Raoul Luescher’s video on Press-fit Bottom Brackets: → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3ucp7cAEKs Listen to the BikeRadar Podcast → https://www.bikeradar.com/bikeradar-podcast/ Follow BikeRadar on our social media channels: → https://instagram.com/bikeradar → https://facebook.com/bikeradar → https://twitter.com/bikeradar BikeRadar is supported by Mountain Biking UK and Cycling Plus Magazine –For more information and to subscribe please visit → https://bit.ly/3nMr3Rn For more content like this see our latest subscription offer – → https://www.cyclingplus.com/subscribe-today/ → https://www.mbuk.com/subscribe-today/ #PressFit #BottomBracketStandards #BikeRadar