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magna13

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mid bb bearings help!
« on: March 06, 2009, 05:04 PM »
hi.

the bearings on my 2hip are totally gone! it runs a mid-bb looseball design. i went down my local bike shop to get some and he said he's rang up 7 different places in the bristol area and nobody does them what so ever! so now im really p*ssed off, only had the bike what a month and a half and the bearings go! so what do i do? was thinking of get a FIT bike co. sealed mid bb for £15 new but really want some new looseballs... does anyone no where i can get them or am i having to go down the option of getting the sealled bb?

thanks zak

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2009, 05:13 PM »


ask stodge zak

magna13

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2009, 05:13 PM »
ok pete. ;)

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2009, 11:14 PM »
Any luck, my son's new bike runs a looseball Mid BB, Kink Kicker, I did send Kink an email asking if it can be coverted to run sealed and have not had an answer :-X

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2009, 12:46 AM »
mate if u decide u want a sealed one il bring one allong for u for £15 its spanking new came with my salt cranks but not needed it as already had one fitted.

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2009, 08:26 AM »
Zak.....go down the sealed route, they'll last ages compared to rubbish loose ball ones  :daumenhoch:

dodger

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2009, 08:45 AM »
as said they are sooo much easyer to work with and last loads more without servicing/replacing.

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2009, 08:56 AM »
But wont he need a new spindle to run sealed bearings?

magna13

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2009, 03:48 PM »
so will i need a new spindle?? :-\ :'(

dodger

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2009, 07:33 AM »
But wont he need a new spindle to run sealed bearings?

not always i no of a few bikes that use a non threaded axle but still have caged/loose bearings just depends on the cranks.

magna13

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #10 on: March 08, 2009, 08:50 PM »
But wont he need a new spindle to run sealed bearings?

not always i no of a few bikes that use a non threaded axle but still have caged/loose bearings just depends on the cranks.

Hopefully i'll get away with not having to get a new spindle... :-\ :-\ heres the bike it needs to go on!

link: http://www.2hip.com/products_bikes_bizzle.html

dodger

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #11 on: March 08, 2009, 09:05 PM »
i cant find a pic of the left side of the cranks if its just a pinch bolt design then u should be able to switch to sealed if its opc bb style with lockring then ither new bearings or new cranks

magna13

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2009, 09:19 PM »
i cant find a pic of the left side of the cranks if its just a pinch bolt design then u should be able to switch to sealed if its opc bb style with lockring then ither new bearings or new cranks
Well it has a single pinch bolt design and its got the opc bb style with lockring so i'm still dont know if it will fit?? :-\ :-\

magna13

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2009, 09:32 PM »
Yes it looks like that. its 19mm but has different splines on the end. ;)

magna13

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #14 on: March 08, 2009, 09:58 PM »
Ok Bru.

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #15 on: March 08, 2009, 10:10 PM »
I'll get the boys Kink stripped and have a closer look. :daumenhoch:

magna13

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« Reply #16 on: March 08, 2009, 10:31 PM »
 :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #17 on: March 08, 2009, 10:59 PM »
asling as thers no threads on the axle it will be all good :)

magna13

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #18 on: March 09, 2009, 06:50 PM »
ok bad news. the axle is threaded so it looks like no new sealed bb... but i can put my Primo Hollowbite crank set on but it has a 22mm axle. now my standard cranks are 19mm i think! so the question is will it fit and will any mid bb sealed bearings work?? :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2009, 06:54 PM »
your Primo's will fit but you'll need new 22mm bearings mate

magna13

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« Reply #20 on: March 09, 2009, 07:44 PM »
well i have the primo bearings and they're clever as they're like 2 bearings into one. one size is US BB and i dont know the other size? is it euro or mid????????

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« Reply #21 on: March 09, 2009, 10:07 PM »
A mid BB is normally just a US BB without the cups :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #22 on: March 09, 2009, 10:09 PM »
Euro BB's are the threaded ones and the other common one is the Spanish; not sure what the spanish one is about though :-\

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #23 on: March 09, 2009, 10:12 PM »
if the axle is 19mm just get the threaded bit machined down as i did it to me old haro cranks so i could run profile bearings
worked a treat

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Re: mid bb bearings help!
« Reply #24 on: March 10, 2009, 07:22 PM »
Just got a reply from Kink, the cranks on the Kicker can be converted to sealed but I would need a new spindle. They do the conversion kit for $30, includes bearings and spindle.

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