Is it possible to buy a high end road frame these days that doesn’t have a press fit BB… without going custom/steel/handmade?

Not quite ‘High end’ but the Bowman Palace, if you don’t mind Alloy.
Merlin Nitro, (rebadged Ridley) has threaded BB I believe.
I’m sure there must be others…

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Whyte wessex?

Press-fits are ok if you do it right- I have a Litepeed T3 with a PF30 shell. Rather than fitting a PF30 bottom bracket I bought a Hope press fit BB so I could use an Ultegra chainset- it’s been creak free for 2 years. If you do go the Hope route you’ll need to budget for the specific Hope fitting tool.

Pinarello (at least Team Sky defo use screw in)

my px ti sample has a british threaded BB

Perhaps I should have said ‘high end carbon road frame’. If I went metal, I’d probably go for a custom frame from Donhou, Feather, Saffron, Burls etc.

Good shout on Pinarello – I’ll check them out.

I’ve had a Ritchey Road Logic – LOVED the way it rode, but the really short HT just killed my back.

I’m wishing I’d not sold my Colnago C59…

Spesh Tarmac or Roubaix .

interestingly Planet X have gone for BSA threaded on their nice carbon stuff now too.

http://www.planetx.co.uk/c/q/bikes/road-bikes/ec-130e-aero-road

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Interested in this also, quite keen on a Rose Xeon.

Are some press fits better than others? My BB30 from years ago was surprisingly OK, but the pressfit on my new Trek is already creaking away after not very much, mostly dry, use.

Oh, p.s. to the OP, chech out Bianchi and Cinelli frames, not sure what you can get frame only (or what you might consider high end 😉 ) but I was surprised how much of their ranges featured screw in BBs

I think the cheaper (sport and elite) Specialized Tarmac frames have threaded BBs.

Perhaps it’s not high end but my saracen Avro frame is a threaded BB. Di2 compatible. Bolt thru front and rear. Has mounts for mudguards and is sub 1000g for the carbon frame.

Leaves plenty of cash to bling it up.

But as above fit a hope pf screw in BB and buy the bike you really want.

LOVED the way it rode, but the really short HT just killed my back

I’d guess that most “high end” road frames would have ded racy geometry

is it a posh sportive/audax bike you’re after ?

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another Ritchey option Breakaway carbon – maybe a bit leftfield but would quite like one to save lugging a bike box on the the plane and threaded BB

https://www.bike24.com/p2206332.html

there was a recent review over on road cc built up with dura ace came in at 7.5kgs

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cheek!

my px ti sample was made by Saratoga Frameworks; the remnants of Serotta after they went bust.

It’s very good American titanium. The remnants of Saratoga are now #22; mine is basically the same as this, including the lovely anodizing.

It was going to be the equivalent of the Lynskey made PX branded ti bikes (apart from mine hasn’t cracked yet), but Saratoga then went bust as well. All got a bit messy

Great bike though.

I know you said without custom but you can spec an English BB on a Parlee build, doesn’t get much more high end than that!

Mate just had this Z1 built, serious money but if you have the cash, why the heck not:

Re rose Xeon, mines still on original bb after 5k miles no creams or issues. Think it’s more of an issue for off-road. I went the hope option for my scale

That Z1 is bloody lovely.

Sarto. The Veneto is available in BSA BB fitting, it’s also fully custom.

As mentioned above by garlic,
Hope do a press fit bb that screws in as two halves, its excellent, very free spinning compared to a shimano ht2.
Its what I have on my fs bike, little bit spendy, but opens up your options re which frame to buy.