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The part of your bike that contains the axis the cranks arms spin 'round. (The crank arms are where the pedals attach.)

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Do I need to chase a thread before installing a bottom bracket on a new frame?

Currently I'm building a new Surly Cross Check, and it needs a 68mm BB (english threaded). Furthermore, I plan to use a cheap $15 shimano BB with JIS square tapered interface, nothing special. Do I …
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A gap in the hole when inserting JIS square BB to a Truvativ Crank

I push the BB inside a crank hole without any tool but I expect a few milimeters gap. The Truvativ crank definitely uses JIS interface, but the question is: DOES the gap make any problem? or is it n …
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I can remove crank arms without a crank puller, is this a problem? I'm worried the crankarms...

Currently, I'm little bit worried about the compatibility of my crankset and the bottom bracket. The crankset is Truvativ Isoflow, the BB is BB-UN55 (Square taper). Yesterday, after the bike hit +1400 …
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