Hope Road Stainless Steel Bottom Bracket

. The eagerly anticipated road specific external bottom bracket is now available. The machined aluminium cups hold full stainless steel cartridge bearings These custom, Swiss made bearings are double sealed, fully serviceable and removable which gives a much greater life span than stock units. The bearings are made as all Hope bearings are by INA and have been designed to run directly on the crankset axle, without the use of shims or spacers again increasing life and reliability Hope use a non contact, free running labyrinth seal to protect the bearing externally, and the machined aluminium centre tube is sealed internally with o rings Features External bottom bracket designed for threaded bottom brackets The machined aluminium cups hold either stainless steel cartridge bearings or ceramic bearings in stainless races Custom Swiss made bearings are double sealed which gives a much greater life span than stock units Cartridge bearings are replaceable Designed to suit 24mm crank axles BuyHope Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World's Largest Online Bike Store.