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[Closed] BMX - MTB, do they have the same BB thread? [on average]

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As above - is a BMX BB shell the same dia. and thread as a modern MTB?


 
Posted : 10/03/2009 3:07 pm
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No, very few bmxes were made with "euro" (i.e. mtb) bb shells, and probably none currently*.

*Except race frames


 
Posted : 10/03/2009 3:12 pm
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euro=mtb, increacingly common, cartridge type BB's
ammerican = older design, bug cups pressed into the frame, bearings into the cup, axel slides through bearings and is spaced out like a race face X-type axel.
spannish= ammerican bb, but no cups as the bearings sit directly in the frame.


 
Posted : 10/03/2009 3:37 pm
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Thanks for the info!


 
Posted : 10/03/2009 4:49 pm