The current batch of bottom bracket standards can seem pretty out of control, but for better or worse, that's not a new phenomenon. It seems that manufacturersâ€â€bike and componentâ€â€have been coming up with great new ways to do the bottom bracket since it was invented. That means that when you go to replace the bottom bracket in your older frame, instead of having to worry about whether your frame uses a PF30 or a BB30, you have to know whether it uses a French or Swiss, Chater Lea or Raleigh Super-Corsa, or maybe just a standard BSA.
In addition to just making exceptionally durable, beautiful parts, Phil Wood produces bottom brackets for these older standards, which means that you can keep that classic bike going when its bottom bracket gives out. It also means that there's probably a good option for whatever your next #retrorebuild happens to be!
Phil Wood offers both square taper and outboard bearing versions of their bottom brackets in a range of standards that will keep everything from classic road bikes to early Ritchey and Klein mountain bikes rolling, and all of them use Phil Wood's famously durable bearings, so you know they'll hold up.
The current fitment list for Phil Wood bottom brackets is as follows:
Stainless Steel Outboard Bearing Bottom Bracket is available in:
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Interchangeable Cartridge Cups for Stainless Steel Square Taper Bottom Brackets are available in:
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And remember: because Phil Wood's Square Taper bottom brackets all use the same interchangeable Cartridge cups, if you have an older bottom bracket that you want to move to a different frame, you can simple get a new set of cups, and be good to go!
Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions about fitment. We work with these parts every day, and are happy to help you get the right ones!
