Questions tagged [hollowtech]
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Why does this hollowtech crankset have play?
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Shimano deore crankset (not XT)
The crankset has done about 10000km (6200miles).
It is from a touring bike.
Most of those 10000km was done with the
bicycle loaded (bags on both front and ...
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Misc bottom backet and crankset questions [closed]
I am planning to upgrade a few of my bikes .. some due to faulty BBs and some just to upgrade the crankset. Here are the questions I have:
1) Road vs MTB
I read from the another post about Road vs ...
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External BB cranks not spinning well
I have a Cannondale F2000 that I'm updating and turning into a gravel/commuter bike.
I replaced the original square taper bottom bracket with a new Hollowtech II version.
Now the new crank does not ...
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Upgrading a crank set
I presently have a 3x7 speed crankset with a sealed cartridge bottom bracket on my touring bike and want to upgrade to a new Hollowtech II bottom bracket and crankset, specifically, the SHIMANO Claris ...
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How to remove stuck Shimano Hollow-Tech bottom bracket cups?
When I tried to remove the bottom bracket bearing cups using the BB tool it was very hard to move or it's just stuck. Tried WD40 then slowly tapping the tool using a mallet didn't work. To cut the ...
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Threading for BB (British) for Hollowtech 2 or square taper crankset?
I have square taper crankset from Sugino (compact double 48-34). I am using their aluminium cartridge BB (I think it's 68mm). Anyway, I was wondering what is the difference, if any, regarding the ...
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How to tighten the Hollowtech II (on R2000 Claris) cranks?
The owner's manual on my new bike (with the new Shimano Claris, not the old one with Octalink) asks me to do this:
After the first 20 km tighten the crankset and also tighten the pedals in the ...
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Using spacers on crank spindle instead of bottom bracket when fitting HollowTech MTB crank to road bb
HollowTech road BB is 68 mm wide and fits a road crank without spacers. Hollow tech mountain BB uses up to 3 x 2.5 mm spacers. Hence crank is designed to be used with 75.5 mm wide bottom bracket ...
