Brakes and BB advice and opinions please.

ademort
ademort Posts: 1,924
edited September 2009 in Road buying advice
Having just bought a new FSA Carbon square taper crankset from CRC i want to now upgrade to a better quality BB. i currently have a Campag Veloce 111mm and English thread. I want to replace it with a BB with Ceramic bearings and if possible in the colours of red or black. Can anyone suggest a good BB which fit the above criteria? Also i want to upgrade the brake calipers and was thinking of these bcteulbk0995261.th.jpg
or does anyone have any better suggestions around the same price.Thanks to all.
Ademort :wink:
ademort
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Comments

  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    Don't know of a ceramic one off the top of my head but Royce and Phil Wood are generally recognised as some of the best.

    I recently fitted a Royce ti BB to my wife's bike and it was simply a gorgeous, beautiful piece of kit. Very impressed.

    FSA will be a JIS taper so you should go with that, rather than the Campag/ISO taper.

    FSA do a ti ultimax BB too, which can be picked up cheaper than the other two.
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  • ex-pat scot
    ex-pat scot Posts: 939
    I've got those brakes (Planet X deal for £100) and they are brill.

    Wanna buy a set (new unused) in silver?
    Commute: Langster -Singlecross - Brompton S2-LX

    Road: 95 Trek 5500 -Look 695 Aerolight eTap - Boardman TTe eTap

    Offroad: Pace RC200 - Dawes Kickback 2 tandem - Tricross - Boardman CXR9.8 - Ridley x-fire
  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    +1 the brakes are excellent for the money especially the weight saving.

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