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  • Identify this B.B. and suggest a replacement please
  • GrahamS
    Full Member

    My CX bike has a bottom bracket that looks like this:

    Mystery bottom bracket

    It is marked “GXP >PA+GF<“ and then a little triangle.

    Crankset is SRAM Force 2.2 (circa 2013)

    So I’m guessing by that, and by the fact it is knackered and creaky, that it is probably a Pressfit BB86/83  Does that sound right?

    If so any advice on what I should replace it with? Is it worth converting to Hope or something else a bit more durable and a bit less squeaky? Or just stick with the cheaper like-for-like option?

    atlaz
    Free Member

    Might be as easy if you tell us what the CX bike is

    GrahamS
    Full Member

    It’s a Rose Pro DX Cross 4400.

    (Note: It’s not used for actual CX. But it copes well on the mud and potholes of my local paths while still being svelte enough for a decent road ride).

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    creaky doesn’t always mean knackered

    DezB
    Free Member

    What you said a PressFit BB86 (like this )

    I’d just get the same a stick some extra grease in. My old Cannondale crosser had a pressfit that started squeaking, I just opened it up and greased it. My mate has the bike now and the BB is still running fine 4 years later.

    GrahamS
    Full Member

    So is it one of these?
    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/sram-bb86-gxp-pressfit-team-bottom-bracket/

    Because that one looks right but says “MTB” on it, which is confusing.

    Are there different road and MTB versions?

    (Oh for the simpler days of a threaded UN72 that didn’t need special tools and lasted 5 uncomplaining years with zero maintenance)

    bigyan
    Free Member

    GXP pressfit, MTB is 92, road is 86 and there is a Specialized 84.5

    GrahamS
    Full Member

    Thanks @bigyan, I’m guessing wiggle just mixed up the image then.

    GrahamS
    Full Member

    Perfect, thanks all.

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