SRAM PressFit 30 to BSA Adaptor Kit Review

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Reviews of SRAM PressFit 30 to BSA Adaptor Kit

Customer reviews are one of the most important and useful aspects of buying bike products online. Particularly as there’s just such a vast range of choice. it can be the difference between buying rubbish yet expensive Bottom Brackets or cheap yet amazing ones. For those of you that are just looking for a bit of reassurance that you’re buying a decent product, then a quick review score can be enough. SRAM PressFit 30 to BSA Adaptor Kit scored 4.1 out of 5 based on 16 customer reviews at Chain Reaction Cycles which puts it as one of the better reviewed Bottom Brackets available. If you’d like to take a bit more time to find out why it scored so well in these reviews just click the “Read Full Review” button and we’ll send you off to the product page at Chain Reaction Cycles where you can check out all the customer ratings. And don’t forget that Chain Reaction Cycles was also the cheapest source for SRAM PressFit 30 to BSA Adaptor Kit in our search today, at £21.99.

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ONE CRUCIAL THING ABOUT THIS ADAPTER! by Neezurt, 26 April 2016, 30 out of 30 people found this review helpful This adapter is ideal if you want to convert your PF30 bottom bracket frame to a more conventional, BSA-threaded bottom bracket arrangement… probably in a bid to avoid the dreaded ‘creaking’ associated with the PF30 standard. I used this adapter kit in order to fit a SM-BB9000 (Dura-Ace) bottom bracket to my Bianchi Infinito CV 2015 road bike, the frame of which has a PF30 bottom bracket. The adapter is also good for any other BSA (English) threaded bottom brackets, like the BB4600 (Tiagra), SM-BBR60 (Ultegra) et al. HOWEVER… a word of warning – and the reason why I had to buy this one! (My bike came with this ex-factory, and I can confirm that there was no creaking with the BBR60 bottom bracket. However, the need of a replacement adapter kit arose when I came to fit a new bottom bracket – read on…) It would seem logical to simply unscrew the bottom bracket from this adapter’s cups once they’re installed on the bike… except that’s NOT how you should proceed to remove your old BB/install your new BB. Instead, the press-fit cups of this adapter must be tapped (whacked?) out of the frame FIRST, ideally using a special drifting tool (like the Park Tool BBT 90.3). Then you use the small flats on the inner part of each cup to hold each cup in a vice while you then unscrew the drive and non-drive side bottom bracket from the threads. If you try and unscrew the BB from the adapter while it’s in the frame, the pressure being exerted all around the press-fit section of the polymer cup is so great that the cups’ inner threads will simply strip, no matter how carefully you undo your bottom bracket. It does seem illogical… but that’s PF30 for you! Anyway, to comment on this adapter kit: It’s easy to fit, though you’ll need some form of decent press. Make sure your frame’s PF30 housing is nice and clean, then rub a thin film of grease around the faces of each cup, where they mate with the frame, to ensure they press in smoothly – remembering, of course, to first thread in your bottom bracket! You may need to use spacers with this adapter (especially if you’re fitting it to a 73mm MTB) to get the required chain line, but the kit comes with a number of them; a fat one (with spring washer) for MTBs and a handful of thinner shims. Weight-wise, the polymer cups weigh 43g, with the MTB spacer/spring washer adding a further 4g. I’d recommend this for home-fitting ONLY if you have the tools needed – a drift tool (which you’ll need for when you come to replacing your bottom bracket) and a press (which you’ll need to refit the cups/bottom bracket). As my Bianchi came with this ready-fitted (with a BBR60), I can vouch that I never had any creaks or clicks at any point in 7,000km of riding, during which time the cups stayed firmly in place. Sadly, I needed to get a new adapter kit as I hadn’t realised the importance of not unscrewing the bottom bracket when the time came to replace it! Hopefully, all this info will help someone avoid my mistake… watch the Park Tools video I’ve linked to below. Good luck. Pros: overcomes bb creaking allows use of standard bb Cons: needs set procedure when changing bb requires specialist tools (adds cost) I found this review helpful I did not find this review helpful

Does the job – as a consumable product by Craigdk, 4 April 2014, 8 out of 8 people found this review helpful I fitted one of these to my bike. It went in great, the bb went in great too. I had no problem with it until I had to replace the bb. On removing the cups, the plastic thread of the adapter shreaded and I was unable to put the replacement bb in until I had purchased a replacement adapter too. I have purchased an FSA BB30 to BSA adapter but its a 73mm and will take a while to arrive, so I’ve had to put another of these in instead. A note on removing the adapter: No fancy tools required, just a blunt ended tool to hammer each side out, working your way around. No need to be gentle, they are hard to budge! Pros: does the job Cons: consumable item I found this review helpful I did not find this review helpful

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